Now that the new awards have been released, I'm getting ready to buy a new set for listening music. My old one was a very average non-hifi stereo set from the local market and it's cd reader got broken, so believe me, any upgrade will be noticed. Budget should be student-friendly with a cap of 1 k€, and sadly, in Finland most of the prices are noticably higher than in what hifi -reviews. I'll play most of the music from Tidal or CD's, so there is no need for turntable.
I was looking for a following set, are they in line with prices, or should I cut a bit for example from the cd transport / streamer and budget more to amplifier or speakers?
Onkyo C-N7050
Onkyo A-9010
Monitor Audio Bronze 2
Thanks in advance!
Edit: Actually, even this set exceeds my budget a tiny bit. Is there any cd transport with half the price of onkyo c-n7050? If I'm using amplifier for dac, I don't think I need a very budget cd player, right? I think I can fare with wired output from my pc, and skip the streaming. Is the optical spdif output in my pc already converted with pc's inferior dac or is it analog and good for outputting signal to amplifier?
I was looking for a following set, are they in line with prices, or should I cut a bit for example from the cd transport / streamer and budget more to amplifier or speakers?
Onkyo C-N7050
Onkyo A-9010
Monitor Audio Bronze 2
Thanks in advance!
Edit: Actually, even this set exceeds my budget a tiny bit. Is there any cd transport with half the price of onkyo c-n7050? If I'm using amplifier for dac, I don't think I need a very budget cd player, right? I think I can fare with wired output from my pc, and skip the streaming. Is the optical spdif output in my pc already converted with pc's inferior dac or is it analog and good for outputting signal to amplifier?