Putting together a budget (as in frugally cheap) 2 channel system, help!

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Originally Posted by IRG

I like them more than my Paradigm Monitor 3s. I should bring them down, and do a head to head comparison. Hmmm....

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I found that I preferred the musicality of the 902i's over the Nola Mini's @ $695.00/pr and also over the M.S. Aviano 2's @ $595.00/pr. So, I was just curious what the retail price of the PM3's are..

Glad to know you are enjoying your new audio system and nice pics too.

LeRoy

I dont think they make the Monitor 3s now, I think they've been replaced with the Titans, which look a lot snazzier than my 3s, haven't heard them though. I think they 3s were around $500 or $600, I don't recall now. The Atoms are like $329 or $350 now I think, so the Titans would probably be close to twice that I would think.

Makes the 902i's seem like a real value now at $225.

I know others here have said to go used but you can really put together a decent sounding system on the cheap.
I have a pair of CSW Tower II speakers, a Marantz SR7400 receiver, Niles SI 275 amplifier, and several other pieces that go into and out of my system on a whim.
Those core components cost me a grand total of $267. The Marantz was an ebay thing, $67 shipped, the CSW Tower II was also ebay but the seller was local so I saved on shipping and did local pickup. The Niles amp was free from a customer, he was moving and didn't want to take all his audio stuff with him.

If you hit the thrift stores (some are definitely better than others), scan ebay, troll craigslist, you can often put together a very impressive system for less money than you would ever think possible.

let us not forget audiogon and the asylum trader. AR and AK also have classifieds.

after cruising ebay for a few days i jumped on some boston hd5's and couldnt have been any happier great speakers and did i mention they were less than $30

oh and found a pair of infinity rs8's with onboard subwoofers and ended up paying $60 and turned out to be wonderful

Craigs list is the best bet. Lots of Luck! `jd