Having spent a few weeks now working on my own mega-budget setup I thought it’d be fun finding out what other people have managed on a very tight budget. (Relatively speaking in the world of Hi-Fi)
My own setup consists of everything in my signature - NAD 533 (Rega Planar 2) - £80 including a new stylus
Marantz CD63KI (£80)
Pioneer A400 (£70)
Mordaunt Short Pageant 2 speakers (£30)
Atlas Elektra interconnects and a Clearer Audio Copper Line power block (£free - maybe cheating a little there), plus an Isotek Isoplug sniped for £7 on eBay
Upgraded the caps in the speakers, amp and various tweaks to the CD player - about £60 so far
(if you want to include the Dragonfly that was £40 off eBay, plus one free Jitterbug with the WHF subscription and the other was a present)
Its turning into a very capable little setup for less than the price of a new Planar 2, super smooth, detailed and balanced, bass is tight as a drum with sweet treble and the soundstaging is just opening up more and more with each mod.
What’s anyone else managed to put together for less than the price of a new turntable?
My own setup consists of everything in my signature - NAD 533 (Rega Planar 2) - £80 including a new stylus
Marantz CD63KI (£80)
Pioneer A400 (£70)
Mordaunt Short Pageant 2 speakers (£30)
Atlas Elektra interconnects and a Clearer Audio Copper Line power block (£free - maybe cheating a little there), plus an Isotek Isoplug sniped for £7 on eBay
Upgraded the caps in the speakers, amp and various tweaks to the CD player - about £60 so far
(if you want to include the Dragonfly that was £40 off eBay, plus one free Jitterbug with the WHF subscription and the other was a present)
Its turning into a very capable little setup for less than the price of a new Planar 2, super smooth, detailed and balanced, bass is tight as a drum with sweet treble and the soundstaging is just opening up more and more with each mod.
What’s anyone else managed to put together for less than the price of a new turntable?