"Cuzman" wrote in message
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I'm in the market for a separates system with a budget of approx £1000.
That seems to be pocket money to many of you here, but it will be the most
I've spent on a system to date. What I will need is:

1) Integrated amplifier
2) DAB/FM tuner (extra bands welcome)
3) CD player
4) Pair of floor-standing speakers


snip lists


OK.....

Out of that lot I like the Denon gear, but here's another way of stretching
your budget:

Grab this lot from Argos for about 230 quid:

http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/show/argos.JPG

You'll get 3 identical remotes and a pair of ****e silver superslim
floorstanders no good to man nor beast...

The DAB/FM is perfectly OK.

The CDP is quite adequate - sonically indistinguishable from a Marantz KI
Sig I had (and recently got rid of), if a little less 'bold' and it plays
MP3s from CDRW...

The amp is weedy but will drive reasonable sensitive speakers to a high
enough level for most people in the 'average' room.

See them he

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Browse...%3D3677 1.htm


Then spend the balance on the best pair of speakers you can't quite afford.
(Buy mediocre speakers and they will render any electronic mediocre....) I
suspect B&W would do you here...

Upgrade the gadgets at some time in the future, as and when funds allow,
keeping the speakers forever if you made the right choice first time.....


Any help on the above would be gratefully received.


You're welcome, but you won't follow my tip because, like everybody else,
you have an somewhat unrealistic budget for what you want (not enough left
for speakers, really) and you are starting at the 'wrong end! ;-)