Low budget, just for fun


So I'm lookong to buy my girlfriend a stereo for christmas. Here's the catch: I'm trying to piece together a receiver, cd player and speakers, all used for a little more than the price of a boom box from say, best buy or whetever, but it has to sound way better than said boom box. I found an onkyo receiver ($45), sony dvd / cd player ($45), and some infinity sm 122 floorstanding speakers ($75 with crappy rca receiver, going to offer $50 for just the speakers). Anyways, this is actually pretty fun trying to piece together the best system you can for the least amount of money possible. Anyone else out there do something similar? It would be interesting to have an audio show with a $200 system limit and see who could come up with the best sound!
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Lol Tpreaves, have you been talking to her, because you're exactly right. Problem is, I can't go proposing to any girl without a stereo, now could I? In all actuality, I got her some cd's and the only way she can listen to them currently is through her tv speakers so I was going to get her some little boombox, but then figured for an extra $100 I could get her something decent. By the way, her last radio got sucked up by the f5 joplin tornado.
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She must be a keeper if she is willing to accept an old vintage system comprised of separates. Unless you got really lucky the gear you are buying will not have the most WAF or GAF. $200 may not get you far.

From perusing my local Craigslist for $200 you can get.

$60 Sony 3 way towers model #: SSU530
$50 Kenwood stereo receiver KR-V6070
$20 Panasonic DTS DVD player DVD-A120
$50 Used Bang & Olufsen B&O Beogram 1800 Turntable

No idea where your ICs and SCs will come from.

I think you should follow Tpreaves advice.
I vote buy her the audiophile dream system then marry her. Thus now your dream system. :)
Elizabeth is right, second hand stores. Maybe you can find a ring there. 8-)