How about the following?
SB3
Marantz PM6004
Paradigm Atom or Mini Monitor or Morduant Short Aviano 1
There's also a deal on at a local shop that pairs:
Marantz PM5004 with CD5004 and the Morduant Aviano 1 for 1049 + Tax.
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theanvah
Hi Folks:
I've spent the past week reading and doing a little listening. Suffice
to say I'm a little overwhelmed with the amount of information
available.
I would like some advice on a basic setup.
Environment:
- Small apartment.
- The music area is one side of the living room measuring
Welcome, and I'm sure you'll get a lot of good recommendations, but
first let's start with a clarification about the budget: 1000 - 2000
what?
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aubuti
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For my money with those requirements?
SBM Touch plus powered speakers. Maybe Audioengine A5.
This would be minamalmist and great sounding. No separate amp required.
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ob_kook
Duet -- Axiom passive pre -- Portal Paladin monoblocks -- Dynaudio
Contour
Yeah but that doesn't allow for a CD player (unless you unplug the Touch
and plug in the CD player). If you need two inputs, you need some kind
of amp with at least that many. AudioEngine speakers are cool but only
one set of inputs!
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sc53
Living Room ~ Touch Benchmark DAC Audio Research
sc53;678767 Wrote:
Yeah but that doesn't allow for a CD player
...or a tuner. And if the OP goes for self-powered speakers, then
he/she would need a preamp between the sources and speakers, not an
amp.
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aubuti
sc53;678767 Wrote:
Yeah but that doesn't allow for a CD player (unless you unplug the Touch
and plug in the CD player). If you need two inputs, you need some kind
of amp with at least that many. AudioEngine speakers are cool but only
one set of inputs!
The AudioEngine A5 has two mini-jack
aubuti;678788 Wrote:
...or a tuner. And if the OP goes for self-powered speakers, then he/she
would need a preamp between the multiple sources (SB, CD, tuner) and
speakers, not an amp.
My wife also wanted to keep the radio and the CD player. I went cold
turkey, and I connected the SB-Touch
jean2;678797 Wrote:
My wife also wanted to keep the radio and the CD player. I went cold
turkey, and I connected the SB-Touch only, the old radio and CD are no
longer active. The trick was to make sure all CDs are available on the
Touch and easy to find. The SB-Touch will most likely provide
aubuti;678744 Wrote:
Welcome, and I'm sure you'll get a lot of good recommendations, but
first let's start with a clarification about the budget: 1000 - 2000
what?
My apologies - $1,000 - $2,000 CAD.
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theanvah
aubuti;678802 Wrote:
All our partners are different, so when the OP emphasizes -A
requirement from my SO. Need a CD player.- I take that as
non-negotiable, at least until the SO gets won over by the SB.
In my family we did away with the tuner and kept the CD player on the
main system. My
theanvah;678821 Wrote:
My apologies - $1,000 - $2,000 CAD.
I have a small secondary system with the following that is quite nice
(and very compact). It has the amp/preamp/tuner, then connect a CD
player as an input and the SBTouch as an input and you're all set for I
think under your $2k.
Emotiva mini X100 amp 60 WPC
SB Touch
Axiom M22 V3 Speakers
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Recoveryone
Pioneer Elite
Logictech/Slim Device Transporter wirelessly connected
Pioneer Elite VSX-81TX
Pioneer BDP 320
2nd SqueezeBox 3 Wirelessly connected (Bedroom)
Pioneer VSX 520K
Pioneer BDP 120
3rd SqueezeBox 3
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