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Ask HN: What is your home audio setup?
Looking to invest in a solid two channel audio set up for streaming music and playing records. I’m interested in maximizing quality to value, but am a little overwhelmed with info doing research. What’s your setup/recommendations?
- mark_l_watson 8y agoiPhone with AirPods. Samsung speakers and woofer for TV.
- Elof 8y agoDo you like your Samsung speakers? Bookshelf or tower?I’m more interested in music than TV.
- vkaku 8y agoI use headphones on my computer, wired and amplified. It's a budget Turtle Beach for games. Planning to get a Bluetooth 5.1 sound bar for the TV. Must have decent bass, $150 budget. Nothing fancy.
- NeedMoreTea 8y agoFull size hifi with Linn turntable and moving coil in the main room that is still first choice for music. I got the turntable before records became quite so rare but I have hundreds of them, so I'm glad I did. Not sure I'd buy as expensive if buying now. :) Denon mini hifi + Wharfedale bookshelf speakers for the computer room. Great value and sound for not too much money, with a Cd, pretty decent streaming player and FM/DAB tuner. Doesn't have a vinyl preamp though. For records for rather less try and grab a listen to a Rega Planar 1 that's remarkably solid for the money, and won a few awards.
- Elof 8y agoThanks for all the great info. I have a _decent_ collection of records and my parents just gifted me their collection, which is excellent.
- NeedMoreTea 8y agoYou're welcome. You might also want to check out http://www.whathifi.com/ http://www.whathifi.com/ for their best buys and reviews. Not perfect, but not a bad starting point, and pleasingly free of reviews of £50k systems and organic gold fairy dust cables. If juggling budget, favour money into deck with a cheap MM. You can upgrade cart next year, upgrading deck counts as "expensive mistake". Have fun. :)