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Thoughts for a system for 5000

A friend of mine wants to put a system together for his new house and is willing to spend around $5000 for new or used components. He will listen mostly to CD but wants a turntable at a later date. Music will be jazz, latin, and rock. He prefers a slightly warm sound over analytical. Any opinions will be appreciated.
scon90
drrasta
224 posts
 
Go with Rogue tube gear, Soliloquy 5.0 or pick up the Tyler Reference monitors. That will get him started at $2500-$3000 + cd player. Can also add a sub for the rock and latin stuff. Look at Hsu for best bang for the buck.
avideo
222 posts
 
Have your friend look up my current system under the "Virtual Systems" heading. I put the entire system together for approx. $5000.00 and it sounds just wonderful.
Also, it should be mentioned that the McIntosh preamp has
a very good MM phono section; so adding a turntable later on
will be easily done.
jameswei
883 posts
 
Check the recent thread "Best System for the Budding Audiophile."
eldragon
707 posts
 
I would...: Pass Aleph 03 amp $900-1200
Resolution Audio 50 (CD with volume control no need for pre) $1500
Reference 3A MM De Capo $1500-1800 monitors
Discovery 1-2-3 $150
Kimber PBJ $50
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