Gift for audiophile brother 70 bucks or less.

[avgjoe]

Cables out of the question. He made his own from silver. He has an ipod, a pair of maggies, a benchmark dac1, a laptop, anything u can think of. I was thinking of getting the X-Fi XMOD for him but i dunno if he's going to use it because he's already connected his laptop to his maggies via an external sound card.

[elapsed]

Get him Grado SR60 or SR80 headphones :)

[avgjoe]

Would you know if they would be available at any local stores? I looked online for grados at circuitcity and bestbuy but unfortunately they don't have them. I'm 17 so I don't have a credit card hence can't buy online...

[bubbagump]

A t-amp: http://www.tnt-audio.com/ampli/t-amp_e.html

A Rio Forge with a 1GB sd card: http://system.s2gstore.com/site/RioAudio/index.htm

A Sirius Sportster with car kit: http://www.siriusspecials.com/index.html

A pair of Insignia KEF clones: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=7705307&st=speakers&type=product&id=1138085354138

[Mike Anderson]

How about a gift certificate from his favorite place to buy music?

[Daedilus]

a pair of Monster Power AV-200's with stage one clean power circuitry... one for behind the TV, one for behind the equipment... If he doesnt already have line conditioners...

http://www.monstercable.com/power/productPagePower.asp?pin=1143&LastPage=Home%20Theater%20Power

[Dusty Chalk]

That's a really good suggestion -- one can't have enough clean power.

[basite]

How about a gift certificate from his favorite place to buy music?

+1 for that.

always useful.

[emorphien]

That's a really good suggestion -- one can't have enough clean power.
I feel like I just swam in a sea of sarcasm.

[The Tahitijack]

A few choice cds or as said earlier cash card for a music store.

On my cd list right now:

Love.......The Beatles

add to that

Anthology....Box Sets by
Crosby Stills Nash and Young
Jimi Hendrix
Bob Dylan
Eric Clapton
Carlos Santana
Eagles
Rolling Stones
Fleetwood Mac

Most of the above have audio quality equal to the performance level of the artist.
You should be able to put a few together to meet the $70 budget.

[Daedilus]

damn hippies :P :ciappa: *just kidding*

[Dusty Chalk]

I feel like I just swam in a sea of sarcasm.No, I just phrased it awkwardly.

[GMichael]

Music!
CD's? LP's? The gift cert may be the best bet unless you know of a couple of disks he's been wanting.

[Rock&Roll Ninja]

How about a gift certificate from his favorite place to buy music?
+1

Yes a gift certificate is a cop-out gift, but one he's sure to use & enjoy!

[avgjoe]

Well guys, I ended up spending approximately 20 dollars more and got him shure e2c headphones. He was thrilled! Thanks for all the info.