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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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b_limo OP
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Just got back from best and scratch that idea. Might as well flush $100 down the toilet as I'm sure it would sound better than any of that crap!! You can absolutely annihilate that junk with used gear off craigslist for the same money.

I'm gonna buy those "really big and loud, brown speakers" that I saw listed! ;-)
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rok2id
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"Anyways, this is actually pretty fun trying to piece together the best system you can for the least amount of money possible"

What a novel idea! A lot of folks this for real. Even when they are not slumming. Fancy that!!
ngjockey
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I like a challenge.

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Mission-700-Series-Bookshelf-Speakers-/140898449809?

Those were the first speakers I ever bought... over 30 years ago.

Add to that any Tripath amp ($20 to $100) and a cheap DVD player.
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b_limo OP
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eek, those missions look horrible. They must sound fabulous, otherwise they would never have sold any. My first stereo was made by a compny called sound design! If was terrible all they way around.
ngjockey
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Fabulous? As I fondly remember, they had muddy bass, a hole in the upper midrange you could fall into and just a hint of highs. Still, much better than the crap in the big box stores.
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