AlpineSkiier
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So I am in my early 40s now and needed to get rid of a bunch of expensive of "toys" I never play with...
Anyway, most of the stuff I own is of great quality and well cared for so I ended up with some nice change. Decided a low-budget but high quality, basement jammer was in order. My requirements were; the best speakers and vintage tuner I could put together. I always remember drooling over the Yamaha Natural Sound + some nice bookshelves my old roommate in college had in the early 90s, and decided to start there.
After a week of watching the market I finally scored a very nice shape CR 820 and then got a set of Bose 6.2 everywhere speakers (I know, I know...). I know they are Bose and they are over rated mostly BUT did have a pal with this particular set and remember they rocked. They do!! The icing on the cake is a Canton Subwoofer some dude was tossing for fifty bucks :thmbsp:
The bottom line here on this, what is turning out to be an epic system, is less than $275 I spent $150 on the CR 820, + $70 for the Bose 6.2 + $50 for the Sub. I know I had to include a pic, the CD player was free and the Canton Sub is not pictured.
Anyway, I am writing this while sitting in front of my $2k audio system in my living room, which I am sure is a major pain to hook up. I never play music on it, just TV and movies...what a shame.
I wanted a pure music system, with that "old-school" raw power and rolling waves of drums and bass and got it, for what I think I remember spending on 1 speaker of my modern system. I have joined audiokarma.org since you have been my primary source of info on these dynamite vintage systems of the past. Built solid state, operate with simplicity and with no match in the sound department. Thanks everyone for your excellent posts!
Anyway, most of the stuff I own is of great quality and well cared for so I ended up with some nice change. Decided a low-budget but high quality, basement jammer was in order. My requirements were; the best speakers and vintage tuner I could put together. I always remember drooling over the Yamaha Natural Sound + some nice bookshelves my old roommate in college had in the early 90s, and decided to start there.
After a week of watching the market I finally scored a very nice shape CR 820 and then got a set of Bose 6.2 everywhere speakers (I know, I know...). I know they are Bose and they are over rated mostly BUT did have a pal with this particular set and remember they rocked. They do!! The icing on the cake is a Canton Subwoofer some dude was tossing for fifty bucks :thmbsp:
The bottom line here on this, what is turning out to be an epic system, is less than $275 I spent $150 on the CR 820, + $70 for the Bose 6.2 + $50 for the Sub. I know I had to include a pic, the CD player was free and the Canton Sub is not pictured.
Anyway, I am writing this while sitting in front of my $2k audio system in my living room, which I am sure is a major pain to hook up. I never play music on it, just TV and movies...what a shame.
I wanted a pure music system, with that "old-school" raw power and rolling waves of drums and bass and got it, for what I think I remember spending on 1 speaker of my modern system. I have joined audiokarma.org since you have been my primary source of info on these dynamite vintage systems of the past. Built solid state, operate with simplicity and with no match in the sound department. Thanks everyone for your excellent posts!
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