gofar99 Messages: 1950 Registered: May 2010 Location: Southern Arizona
Illuminati (5th Degree)
For strickly speaking audio....probably what gear you are going to use as a source component. Since most folks like digital...I would go for something that will stream digital web music and store it internally. I would want it to also be a headphone amp so I can listen to the music. They now make preamplifiers and receivers that do this. Alternatively if you have a source...(tablet, phone etc) then an integrated receiver might be my choice. Either with or without built in digital abilities. Speakers would likely have to be bought at the same time. Money spent on good speakers is IMO always well spent as they will usually outlast everything else and make a huge difference in how something sounds. Elac makes some that are generally suitable for new modest systems the B5 and B6 are over achievers and not very costly. Parts Express has some under their own brand (Dayton) that seem to be good buys as well. used ones are iffy if you don't know what you are buying and really what their condition is. I personally like them, but then I can (and have) fixed several in the past.
It really is tough to know where to start as pretty much any one component will not be able to work without other ones.
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