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Any good shelf systems out there?

My son is turning 9 and is asking for a bedroom stereo.  I’m loathe to give him a Bluetooth speaker and an iPad and have been looking for a CD / AM /FM type all in one shelf system of reasonable size. These use to be pretty commonl but like everything else seems to have been displaced.  Would love to find one with HD radio but that’s probably a fools errand. Can anyone recommend one in the few hundred dollar range? I’m not seeing much out there. Thanks!
esthlos13
glupson
7,842 posts
 
"Why do people insist on suggesting things the OP has indicated he doesn’t want?"
Maybe to spare him from asking very similar question in a year. 9-year-olds grow quickly.
audiojedi
225 posts
 
Pair a Yamaha CRX-N470 with a pair of PSB P5 or whatever other reasonably efficient bookshelves you want to use and you have a killer little shelf system.

Probably more than a few hundred but it'll last the test of time.

Pretty sure Denon still has a nice little shelf system as well.
celtic66
1,794 posts
 
Look for an Arcam Mini-Solo.  Checks all boxes except for HD radio.  I've owned several of these and they really are sweet.
elevick
2,638 posts
 
If you can forgo the CD, look at Geneva Labs radios.  Some of the Models have DAB radio, FM, Bluetooth and more.  If you look on ebay for the older models, I think the model S and a few others had CD players built in.
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