Cheap bookshelf speakers+reciever setup

[imported_Echo_]

ok my bday is coming up and i want some good bookshelf speakers for my room and a reciever for as cheap as possible. sound card will most likely be av 710

i was thinkin speakers<150, 200 at the most

and reciever as cheap as possible used is ok

music i listen to is rock/hip hop

sorry if im not listing enough info just ask any questions you need

 

[pne]

you've got the right idea, i'd spent most of that on speakers and try to scrounge for an old used reciever. try the athena bookshelf lineup, they can be had from 99. there was a thread here not too long ago about them.

 

[imported_Echo_]

k what about a cheap reciever?

 

[Oddball]

How about a Sonic Impact t-amp? A t-amp + Athena ASB1 would put you under $150. It's not a receiver, but I don't know of any new receivers that can be bought for under $50. If you want to try to ebay something, then that's another solution.

 

[imported_Echo_]

sweet that would work two cuz i wasnt really excited about spending so much cuz id like to use some of my money to spend on other stuff as well

so id need an interconnect for card to tamp then speaker wire which i already have

and this is powerful enough to power the speakers ? im in a smallish room its my bedroom.

i think ill go with this

http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html...t_adv_XSG10001


edit if i wanted to use my headphones how would i use it with the t amp? or can i? would i have to get a cmoy for use with my headphones?

 

[Oddball]

The t-amp accepts a 1/8" line-in and runs on 8 AA batteries, btw. You might want to pick up an AC adaptor for the long run.

To use your headphones, you'd need a headphone amp as the t-amp only drives speakers. There are ways to force them to power headphones, but the results haven't been that nice.

 

[pne]

the t-amp is not the best amp for hiphop or rock, it suffers some bass roll-off. you're better off looking for recievers in pawn shops, etc, with at least 25watts. you won't be able to crank the t-amp much before it starts clipping. if you can find a vintage integrated amp, which is better than a reciever, most of them have headphone out jacks as well which would sound almost as good as a cmoy.

 

[taylor]

Check out flea markets, yard sales, trash, etc. You can find some great deals on good recievers. Just recently I got this used Kenwood reciever for $5. It sounds just as good if not better than the $200 Pioneer reciever I had previously. Vintage recievers are just as good as vintage integrated amps. Newer recievers have all sorts of DSP crap, LCD displays, software volume knobs, and remote controls that make them inferior to integrated amps, but older recievers are just integrated amps with a radio tuner. No display, the volume knob is hooked up to a real potentiometer, there are no D/A conversions, etc.

 

[imported_Echo_]

i guess il go goodwill/garage sale hunting next weekend

 

[XxATOLxX]

The pawn shop is a good place to look for cheap receivers. If you have a pawnshop near you that has a website you could check out their site for the stuff they have. You might get lucky and strike gold

 

[MoxMonkey]

check out paradigm for their titan and atom speakers very low priced for teh sound you get

 

[soundboy]

Another option....

Go to J&R and check out those refurbished Onkyo stereo receivers. You get a remote and a 1-year factory warranty, a headphone output, and a good amount of inputs (one model even has a phono input). About $100.00. It may be more than you want to spend but it's a good alternative.

 

[BigD]

Yet another option.

Get a nice vintage marantz int-amp/receiver from 70's which have very decent headphone output. This way you can use it as headphone amp/stereo amp as well. Try sansui too.

Try auction:
http://www.pixelmetric.com/auction/M...index.php?sm=2
http://www.way2bid.com/g/Marantz/marantz/index.html
www.ebay.com
Try valutation/specs:
http://www.classic-audio.com/
http://www.classicaudio.com/


Shoot pm to mkmelt as well. He experienced many marantz.

Here are some serial numbers:
-Marantz receiver 2220, 2230, 2235, 2250
-Marantz int-amp 1060, 1090, 1180

 

[jrosenth]

Rocket by Onix ELT LRS Special Edition

Never heard them but judging from their parts and the reviews they are worth considereing for $99 - leaves you $50 for a used receiver off ebay

 

[peter braun]

Okay, as always I am going to have a to make a plug for vintage gear. Pioneer and Kenwood receivers from the 70s can be found for extremely reasonable prices on ebay, and sound quite good. Models such as the ones below would work nicely -

http://cgi.ebay.com/PIONEER-STEREO-R...QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/Pioneer-SX-727-s...QQcmdZViewItem

Depending upon how much you want to spend, my personal favorites from the era are receivers and integrateds made by Sansui. The 6060, 7070, and 4000 all offer superb value for the money. Though you will probaly not see another on the bay soon (they are quite rare in good condition), there is a Sansui Eight Deluxe currently up for bid which will be a real steal for whoever picks it up.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Sansui-Receiver-...QQcmdZViewItem

As far as speakers are concerned, I would recommend a pair of PSB alpha series, or Paradigm Titan or Atoms.