Help me cobble together a decent budget system

[Mr Peabody]

[QUOTE=pixelthis]I have both the direct drive technics and belt, the direct is the one I am using now,
but cant tell much diff.
And the yamaha yst is one of those tall narrow subs right?
Used to have one, they are a very good sub, a hi-fi secret,
cheap and works quite well.

Whether or not the Kenwood is any good is based on how old it is, some of their
older stuff is quite good but they have gone down in quality teh last few years, its certainly better than the JVC, which is the joke of the industry[/QUOTE

Yeah, it's almost like you can't even see Kenwood on the shelf anymore.

[pixelthis]

[QUOTE=Mr Peabody]

I have both the direct drive technics and belt, the direct is the one I am using now,
but cant tell much diff.
And the yamaha yst is one of those tall narrow subs right?
Used to have one, they are a very good sub, a hi-fi secret,
cheap and works quite well.

Whether or not the Kenwood is any good is based on how old it is, some of their
older stuff is quite good but they have gone down in quality teh last few years, its certainly better than the JVC, which is the joke of the industry[/QUOTE

Yeah, it's almost like you can't even see Kenwood on the shelf anymore.

THEY MIGHT not be on the shelf anymore, last I heard they came out with a line of upscale receivers, trying to get their street cred back.
But I havent seen "hide nor hair" of them for awhile