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Building CNet's speaker system for under $70

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I was looking into building my own 2 speaker system and I came across this post by CNET and I was wondering if it's worth building that (and perhaps adding a DAC later on) or just buying a premade 2.1 speaker system? I might replace the Daytons with these, since they're on sale currently and cheaper.
 
Dude could at least give us some credit. We practically came up with that combo starting with the t-amp.

Anyway, yeah, the Pioneers and the lepai are a very good combo. Best bang for the buck and all that. Don't expect it to get super loud and booming though. It will sound nice and clear. Plenty loud for a desktop stereo too.
 
spaceman said:
Dude could at least give us some credit. We practically came up with that combo starting with the t-amp.

Anyway, yeah, the Pioneers and the lepai are a very good combo. Best bang for the buck and all that. Don't expect it to get super loud and booming though. It will sound nice and clear. Plenty loud for a desktop stereo too.
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Oh, I knew it was too good to be created by CNET.
If I were to get that, would it be better than buying a set already made? And if I wanted to "upgrade", I could just buy a better amp right?
 
Here is the basic combo: the above combo or the daytons + cheapest decent sub available by polk, yamaha, partsexpress. There are several around $80.

The cheapest improvement over onboard would probably be the Behringer UCA202. A usb dac at $29.00. Or an asus DSX soundcard.
 
Or if you have a optical or digital coax i recommend the Fiio D3. Good little dac.
 
Gutenberg has some curious opinions and recommendations at times, the Dayton combo's nice tho... I'd go for the larger BS41 Pioneers if you're gonna substitute the Daytons, the smaller ones might be a sidegrade or even a downgrade in some senses. The larger ones aren't any cheaper than the Dayton but still an excellent value at $80 or even $100.
 
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