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Absolutely agree! Most decent sounding set-up does cost around that price range. How we know???? We paid expensive lessons passing the stage you're looking at.

why expensive lessons? could only sell the equipment off very cheaply? sell them to me then! haha

The latest Marantz CD5100 cdp costs only $350. Marantz usually have pretty good headphone-out circuitry and therefore, you can plug in your cans direct if you don't have a headamp. With balance of $150, you can get any cheap mini for radio. I have a cheap Enzer mini which sounds crab with cd but its tuner function is very sensitve and good. U can also choose to buy one from yahoo classifieds/auctions. Afterall, radio is not a priority right?

 

 

but wouldn't one need to buy speakers and amp in addition to the Marantz CD5100 right? advice? =)

i'm in the same situation as the thread starter. =)

okok =) let me try to answer so i can get better advice.

i think it'll most probably be a room(non portable) setup.

am thinking of 6-800 for the WHOLE system. not the headphone alone. haha... =)

genre: mainly jazz(instrumental & vocal), classical(instrumental and vocal) and other misc stuff...

and yes, would prefer to get a good source, cd player instead of a laptop with mp3s. currently got no source am starting from scratch! so would appreciate any advice! thanks!!!

hey ppl!

my first post here. =)

recently my ears have had the chance to listen to some really good sound from a $1.6k stereo system that i tried at a shop at plaza singapura. might not be the price that some of you guys refer to as "entry level", but it was amazing enough to me! =)

but i thought about it, and realised that it may be too troublesome to set up my room just so as fully enjoy a stereo system(sound proofing etc), so i've come to a conclusion that a headphone setup would be suitable and practical.

would be really happy to own a headphone system to sound just as good as the 1.6k stereo and don't mind buying a second hand system and am hoping that both the fact that it would be second hand and that it being a headphone system would allow me to get an entry level headphone system for around 6-800.

any suggestions? =)