I am sick of people with crappy stereos!

This is the least expensive way to set up a decent stereo:



What you’ll need:

1. Solid State 70’s Amp/tuner (receiver) minimum 40 watts RMS per channel

2. Decent turntable

3. Dual cassette deck

4. (2) large speakers

5. (2) medium speakers

6. Speaker wire



Set up:

1. Place receiver in desired location

2. Place cassette deck on top of receiver

3. Place turntable on top of cassette deck

4. Place (2) large speakers at front of room

5. Place (2) medium speakers at back of room

6. Connect the positive and negative wires of the two large speakers to the positive and negative terminals on the back of the receiver.

7. Connect the positive wirers on the two medium speakers to the positive terminals on the receiver. Connect the negative wires on the two medium speakers to each other.



Connecting the negatives together on the back speakers causes the center channel to cancel out on the back speakers only thus creating surround sound for hundreds less then expensive home theater systems.



Speaker diagram:

 

I really have no use for a cassette deck anymore. You forgot to connect your computer to the amplifier.

 

I don't have a stereo. I have my PC connected to an amplifyer and two big big speakers, but for ultimate effect I use my big-ass headphones.

 

Wearing headphones in your own room, tsk, tsk. For ultimate effect I use my boxes (of I guess medium proportions).

 

i don't do surround sound, straight 2 channel stereo is the way to go. I've tried all sorts of different Hi-Fi setups and i'm actually working my way backwards. I use an all valve pre amp/amplifier setup with a reson rs1 turntable and a set of B&W 601S3 speakers and a REL Q100E subwoofer.. the biggest thing you can do to improve your room at the least expense (unless you do it properly) is treat it with bass traps, diffusers etc.. i made my own and it sounds 100 times better.. i'd almost say i've got it set up perfectly..

Roger Waters - Amused to Death is a good start as its recorded in Q-Sound.. no need for more than 2 speakers.

 

You elitist bastard. I'll setup my stereo however I want.

 

What's wrong with headphones in your own room? They're much better if you really want to get into the music. It's also a foolproof way to keep listening to music until deep in the night without having to turn it down so as not to wake the neighbours.

 

Hm, it's personal I guess . I dislike headphones, it makes me feel cut off from all other sounds. I prefer a nice volume from the boxes above the sound directly blowing in my ear. With the right boxes (I don't have real good expensive ones, but i'm rather happy with them ) in the right places in the room you can hear pretty much everything as well.

 

Yes, I agree, but somehow with headphones on I do feel more immersed in the music. Usually at daytime I just use my boxes and late in the evening I switch to headphones.

My left speaker seems to have a problem though, it sounds somewhat more muffled than my right one.

 

Interesting, I wonder what use a 15 year old has for a cassette deck.

 

Buy Polk Audio Speakers!!!