AudioFred Messages: 377 Registered: May 2009 Location: Houston
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I'm bringing the most affordable new system I have found whose sound doesn't offend. It includes the Dayton Audio BR-1 standmount speakers ($160), the Best Buy Insignia NS-R2000 stereo receiver ($113), and the Oppo DV-980H universal player ($169). Cables are generic.
No experienced listener is going to confuse this with a true high end system, and the purpose of this demo isn't to poke fun at expensive high end audio equipment. The purpose is to demonstrate to people who are listening to really awful sounding equipment (90+% of the adult US population) that you can build a system that sounds balanced and involving without breaking the bank. Hopefully many of the people who buy a system like the one I'm demonstrating will later go on to buy good entry level high end equipment.
I don't sell any of this stuff, but if asked I will build a pair of BR-1's for anybody who's uncomfortable doing it themselves. I will sell the completed speakers with some internal upgrading for $195, of if somebody is just uncomfortable with soldering the crossovers I'll do that for them for free (this is the way I suggest newbies do it because it still gives them the satisfaction of having built their own speakers).
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