Honestly can't say that I ever set a budget and then went looking. From the time I was a little kid with a paper route I would save my money all the while looking around at all the ways the other kids were spending theirs. Which seeing what they got encouraged me to keep saving and looking.
This was way before the internet and so my "looking" involved hours and hours hands on touching twisting knobs moving speakers around listening and asking questions. By the time I was satisfied I knew enough to make a purchase there was way more money set aside for it than needed.
Back then, 1974, it was something like $168 at Radio Shack. In all that time nothing really has ever changed. When my listening room remodel was done nearly 30 years ago I "thought" it would be for a home theater. Because of my incessant research however it wound up being stereo with video, an infinitely better solution than home theater. All because of my budget that is not a budget but is more a question, "What is the best use of my limited resources?"
This was way before the internet and so my "looking" involved hours and hours hands on touching twisting knobs moving speakers around listening and asking questions. By the time I was satisfied I knew enough to make a purchase there was way more money set aside for it than needed.
Back then, 1974, it was something like $168 at Radio Shack. In all that time nothing really has ever changed. When my listening room remodel was done nearly 30 years ago I "thought" it would be for a home theater. Because of my incessant research however it wound up being stereo with video, an infinitely better solution than home theater. All because of my budget that is not a budget but is more a question, "What is the best use of my limited resources?"
