End Game Audiophile System for $100!? Well... Kind Of...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxc7lx7L3A8

Sintesi

TLDRThis video provides a comprehensive guide on how to build an exceptional audio file system for just $100 a month. It advocates saving and selling unused items to accumulate funds, emphasizing that over four years this can lead to a total of $1,200 – a considerable budget to acquire high-quality audio equipment. Key suggestions include making deliberate spending choices that favor long-term audio goals, selecting equipment with good resale value, and trading effectively to move up when possible. The presenter shares specific product recommendations and encourages viewers to take action by decluttering their spaces.

Punti di forza

  • 💵 Save $100 a month for audio gear
  • 💡 Sell unused items for initial funds
  • 🔍 Research audio products before buying
  • 📈 Focus on equipment with resale value
  • ☕ Prioritize audio spending over small luxuries
  • 📦 Consider used gear for budget efficiency
  • ⏳ Delay gratification to achieve goals
  • 🚀 Build your system step-by-step
  • ⭐ Aim for $1,200 to get quality gear
  • 🎶 Explore recommended products for your system

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    The video discusses how to build an ultimate audio file system for just $100 a month, emphasizing that saving $100 consistently can lead to a substantial amount of $1,200 annually. This amount allows for the purchase of quality equipment that can endure over time. The speaker mentions the importance of selling unused items around the house and being strategic in spending to prioritize building the audio system. They share a personal anecdote about funding their own system by selling childhood collectibles, highlighting that with a disciplined approach, anyone can start their audio journey.

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    The speaker also recommends specific products within the $1,200 price range, discussing various options for amplifiers, streamers, and speakers. They emphasize the importance of purchasing items that retain resale value and suggest researching used products. The overarching theme remains focused on delayed gratification, financial discipline, and making informed purchasing decisions while actively selling unused items. Ultimately, the message encourages viewers to pursue their dream audio systems patiently and strategically.

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Video Domande e Risposte

  • How can I start building my audio system with just $100?

    Start by saving $100 monthly and selling unused items around your house for initial funding.

  • Why is $1,200 the suggested budget for an audio system?

    $1,200 is seen as the sweet spot for purchasing quality audio components that will last long and provide good performance.

  • What should I do to prevent impulse buying while saving for my audio system?

    Delay gratification and prioritize saving by recognizing daily expenses and focusing on your audio goals instead.

  • How can I ensure the audio products I buy have good resale value?

    Buy products that maintain value over time, consider purchasing used items, and trade in for upgrades when possible.

  • What types of components should I consider for my audio system?

    Look into integrated amps, preamps, DACs, and quality speakers within the $1,200 budget.

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    so you want to build your ultimate audio
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    file
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    system maybe your Forever system for
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    $100 I know it's a little bit click e
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    not click bity click e but if you can
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    save $100 consistently hopefully each
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    month you can create a killer
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    system we're going to talk about how to
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    do that and I know it's crazy because
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    this hobby is all about the pho fear of
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    missing out on the next greatest thing
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    but if you implement just a few of these
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    ideas you are well on your way to having
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    your perfect forever dream system so sit
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    down grab a cup of coffee and let's talk
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    about building the ultimate audio file
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    system for
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    $100 why $100 I think $100 is The Sweet
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    Spot most of the people that are our age
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    I.E gen xors yay Baby Boomers yay can
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    maybe afford $100 we can hide it away in
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    a shoe box and if you can save $100 per
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    month at the end of the year you have
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    $1,200 and $1,200 it used to be ,000 but
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    $1,200 is kind of a magic sweet spot you
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    can get really really good gear that can
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    last a long long time and I think the
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    law of diminishing returns OB obviously
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    that's a moving Target really kicks in
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    around $1,200 between $1,000 to $2,000
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    now I'm not saying that every $1,200
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    product out there is perfect you're
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    still going to have to do some research
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    but if you do this for four years you're
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    going to have four components all within
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    that price range that are going to be
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    awesome if you do some
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    research how do you get started well
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    most of us probably have $11,200 worth
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    of stuff laying around our house that we
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    don't use and you can sell it to get
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    into this hobby or get your first
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    component my whole Channel started from
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    selling off my old Star Wars figures
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    Star Wars vehicles and gii Joe figures
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    interestingly enough GI Joe toys were
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    worth way more than Star Wars toys I
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    didn't think that would be the case when
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    my parents moved to Arizona I had a big
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    box of all my toys I was very fastidious
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    about them so they all had their
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    original accessories weaponry and when
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    they dropped off the box I thought about
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    just selling the whole thing for like a
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    hundred bucks but I put them up on eBay
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    each one and after I sold a whole bunch
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    of them I had about
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    $4,000 to buy my first system I bought a
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    Moon by Sim audio integrated amplifier
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    and a pair of KF ls50s and I listened to
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    them and I was so disgusted because my
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    AVR and some $500 speakers sounded just
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    as good that I had to start a channel I
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    became enraged the point is if you look
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    around around your house you find some
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    stuff that you're not using you can sell
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    it and get that first piece of Hi-Fi
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    awesomeness the second thing the key
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    thing outside of saving money and
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    selling stuff to get money is don't buy
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    dumb
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    stuff if we really look at our lives we
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    do an inventory we look at our bank
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    account we see what are we spending
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    money on every day then we can change
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    our priorities put a little bit towards
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    the Hi-Fi system and you also get a
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    little bit of satisfaction when you make
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    a decision not to buy the $6 coffee and
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    to take that $6 and to put it into a
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    little envelope lock boox because you
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    know you're checking boxes you're voting
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    for your audio file system every time we
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    do one little behavior and it's tangible
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    we know what it is it's a vote for what
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    we want to do and if we want to have a
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    really nice system it can be built on
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    one decision at a time it's a mind M
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    it's a brain
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    mentality then at the end of the day you
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    can look back and say Hey did I vote for
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    my audio file system or did I vote for
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    short-term instant gratification vote
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    long-term vote audio file make high-fi
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    great again sorry I had to I had to do
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    that the other thing that you can do to
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    kind of vote in favor of your long-term
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    audio file system is to buy products
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    that have some type of resale value or
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    buy used after something's kind of
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    depreciated and it's still current and
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    to also look at retail outlets like the
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    music room because the music room takes
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    gear on trade but they're not going to
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    take probably a fzy audio bt20a on trade
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    they will probably take something from
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    gold node or Unison research something
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    that's kind
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    of a tier up but if you buy it used you
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    use it for a while and then you trade it
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    in on something that you're after you're
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    going to have some residual value to
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    that product I am not saying don't buy
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    fzy audio I love fuzzy audio and a lot
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    of us can't save $100 a month or we
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    don't have a system to begin with trust
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    me I've got a ton of videos out there
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    about Building Systems under 500 under
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    $350 and those are awesome and will get
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    you started but this is a hobby that if
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    you really want to take it to the 96
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    percentile you can do that $100 at a
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    time to do this though you have to delay
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    gratification you have to fight off fomo
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    you have to stop buying stuff today you
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    have to put a plan in place and you have
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    to be a bit
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    disciplined let's talk about some
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    products that I would recommend around
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    the $1,200 price point
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    for amps you can look at an integrated
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    amp or you can look at a straight power
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    amp for integrated amps I like the cxa81
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    Mark I from Cambridge audio forgot the
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    name of the company if you're looking
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    for a power amp I would look at
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    something like the xpa Gen 3 I think
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    from emotiva comes in right around
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    $1,200 for a two Channel version of that
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    now if you do that you're going to need
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    some type of volume control or preamp on
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    the front end you can use something like
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    the weam ultra to control volume some
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    Dax also can control volume there's also
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    an advanced Paris integrated amp for
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    right around the $1,000 price point
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    personally for me the integrated amps
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    that I really love are a little bit more
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    expensive than $1,200 coming in around
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    $2,000 or
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    $2500 those would be the advanced Paris
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    A10 classic the Unison research Unico
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    Primo advanced also has a power amp with
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    Vu meters that comes in around $2,000
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    but I know we're kind of talking the
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    $1,200 price point if you have any other
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    integrated amps or power amps around
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    that $1,000 price point please put it in
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    the
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    comments for streamers I like the CX
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    n100 from Cambridge audio or the EXN
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    from Cambridge audio ex's a little bit
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    better but if you're going to buy a a
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    really good Dack then the cxn 100 is
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    probably just fine the reason why I like
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    the cxn 100 it's got really good
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    clocking so if you buy a $1,000 Dax
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    something like the denif Reps Aries or
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    the delli labs Daisy you're basically
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    using it as a streamer transport and I
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    would recommend personally spending a
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    lot of money on the DAC instead of the
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    streamer you can get streamers less
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    expensive than the CX n 100 but if
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    you're looking for the utmost in musical
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    Fidelity the internal
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    clock in the cxn 100 is worth it now
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    there's a workaround for that with the
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    weam ultra and the smsl po1 100 you have
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    to go USB out of the weam ultra into the
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    smsl po100 and then that into a USB
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    connection on your deck that takes care
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    of a lot of the timing issues with the
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    weam ultra some people also really like
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    the ever solo product I don't like it
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    because I don't like the Android
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    interface but if you don't mind the
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    Android interface I think the ever solo
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    products DMP A6 or A8 are really good
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    options sonically maybe not using it but
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    sonically they're really good
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    options speakers are a little bit more
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    difficult you can get a really good
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    speaker for 12 or $1500 but a lot of
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    times the $2,000 price point is kind of
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    the ultimate level but I like the sonus
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    Faber Lumin 2 amators they come in
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    around $1,500 they're just a bookshelf
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    speaker though so if you want a floor
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    standing speaker I would look at
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    something like the Q Acoustics 5040 very
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    natural sounding speaker incredible
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    mid-range good top end you can also look
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    at the emotiva XT ons or XT 2s emotiva
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    is usually running some type of sale so
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    the xt2 is will probably come in around
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    that $1,200 price point xt1 I like
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    though because even though they have
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    smaller woofers than the x-t 2s I still
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    think that they're perfect for almost
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    every even a really really big room the
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    XT ons work out just great so in summary
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    this is all about delaying gratification
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    this is all about saving money this is
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    all about kind of being smart about how
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    you buy products and getting stuff that
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    has decent resale value and this is also
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    about just getting off your rear end and
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    selling stuff that you don't use I super
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    guilty of just letting stuff stack up
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    that I never use when most of it's worth
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    a little bit at least so if you want
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    that ultimate audio file system you can
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    do it $100 at a time and you can get it
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    kickstarted by going into your garage
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    and logging into Facebook Marketplace or
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    Ebay I hope you like this video if you
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    want to check out some of the videos I
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    did on really affordable systems under
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    $500 under $350 I will link them right
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    here and here check them out you'll love
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    them
Tag
  • audio system
  • budget
  • savings
  • Hi-Fi
  • stereo
  • amplifiers
  • DACs
  • speakers
  • resale value
  • audiophile