Topic: ONKYO Compact Systems. Anyone ever had any experience?

[DaveG73]

I am looking to upgrade my playback, since my recording rig is complete (for now) but I have a few problems.

i) I am very limited on space.

ii) It has to be in a separate room from my computer (so no direct link to a PC playback system)

iii) Money is tight.

While I would love to run a seperates system, I really can't justify the space right now to have a full on playback system and some decent speakers.

With that in mind, a friend who has upgraded has offered me this

http://www.superfi.co.uk/index.cfm/page/moreinfo.cfm/Product_ID/3267

for what seems to be a very reasonable price. (This was the only link I could find to this product).

As I am not overly interested in 24bit right now, does anyone have any experience of these units? If I could throw down another £200/$400 on speakers would it make a decent playback rig?

Given that the unit would be under £100/$200 are there better options for me right now?

Sorry for my noob questions but I was impressed by the awards it was given and thought I would seek advice before I jumped in.

Thanks.

Dave.

[Nick's Picks]

never seen one until now.
can't really give you any recomendations in your price range.

how about a sonic impact T amp ?
they are supposed to sound very good for what they are.
http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&Partnumber=300-956

[mikesalvo]

i have an onkyo 5 disc change as well as an onkyo reciever. I couldnt be more happy w/ both units. Ive had them both for almost 10 years and wpuld not trade either of them for the world.Dont know specifics on te uni t in question, but I can vouch for the companys other products. Hope this helps just a lil bit...

[Javier Cinakowski]

Onkyo/Integra make great stuff.

It looks like the speaker outputs are 4ohms, making it diffucult to find speakers. 

The T-Amp with a set of nice efficient speakers would be a better bet I guess

[bugg100]

I love my T-amp!  There is a new generation out now with a different style case and a few uprated parts.

[som]

Another plug for the t-amp. I use it for my bedroom system and couldn't be happier. Don't even have very efficient speakers, but don't ever play it very loud anyway.