Well, I have long known that the weakest link in my budget minded system is my cd player. And, even though it may not make sense to do (leave for college in the fall), it's either a new cd player or drugs, and I suppose I'll go with the cd player. My question is what cd player on the used market would be a good match for my acurus dia-100 and paradigm monitor 7s? I currently use a cambridge audio cd4. I don't really have a specific budget in mind, but somewhere around 500 is probably all I can convince myself is worth spending (Given that I'm a/b to go to college). Thanks for the advice, and while I'm waiting for your replies, I'll continue to try and persuade my parents to let me use the college fund for my dream system. As that likely won't happen, I really appreciate any recs. for the best sub 500 dollar used cd player. -Ben
I agreed with Slappy, You're going off to college and you're thinking about an audio system! Thats not what college is about!!!!!! Buy a boom box - anything else is likely to be stolen or otherwise destroyed.
I agree with newbee - buying some audio gear to take to college is a risky deal at best. Way too many opportunities for your audio gear to either get stolen or thrashed by some uncaring nit wit. When I went to college - many, many years ago - my roomate and fellow fraternity brother was Stewart Cook, the bass player in Credence Clearwater Revival - and the place we lived in was a mess most of the time. Unless you plan to live alone and keep your gear under lock and key - be prepared to see beer can stains in your turntable and lord only knows what leaking into your amplifier.
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