Sub £100 hi fi recommendations

plod · Post by **plod** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 9:02 pm

My son will be 12 in 5 weeks

He has asked for a portable cd player and some cd's for then.

Was thinking of buying him a hifi instead to get him more interested in music

Anyone got any good recommendations?
Was planning to spend up to £100 on him, although have a £108 saved on my wish list on Amazon for him

Post by **Bailes1992** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 9:18 pm

I have a Sony MHC-EC79i. I don't use it much any more to be honest.
It's a bloody good system. Paid £140odd for it about a year ago.
Only reason I don't use it is because I have a 7.1 system for the PC and I just use iTunes.

no2lurch · Post by **no2lurch** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 9:02 am

have you thought of getting him an ipod or another mp3 player? he can still have cds if he wants, as copying them onto the player is easy, or he could use itunes. music is so much cheaper on there. just a thought.

personally i have an ipod touch. its a great bit of kit, easy to use, and does so many things. dont get me wrong, its not the most advanced bit of techn ology, but it allows me to surf the net if i can get wireless connection (off the house routger, or any unlocked network) i can put more music on it than i have cds, and my step son loves it for games. this may be overkill and out of budget, but i think worth considering, especially as they seem to be coming down in price.

FarmerPug · Post by **FarmerPug** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 9:07 am

get a set of seperates on ebay, something from ebay, and you can enjoy putting the hi fi together and will have a much better understanding of each part. Yes new ones arent cheap but used ones on ebay could be got for under £100 for the whole kit required to make some sound.

plod · Post by **plod** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 7:09 pm

I was looking for something with usb, so there is the option for him to "borrow" my Iphone and listen to music from that

lozz · Post by **lozz** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 7:21 pm

plod wrote:I was looking for something with usb, so there is the option for him to "borrow" my Iphone and listen to music from that

try asdas mate,
they had some with usb - American brand names but its not bad stuff

lozz · Post by **lozz** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 7:24 pm

http://direct.asda.com/Sony-C69I-iPod-D ... lt,pd.html

plod · Post by **plod** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 8:24 pm

lozz wrote:http://direct.asda.com/Sony-C69I-iPod-D ... lt,pd.html

lozz · Post by **lozz** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 9:22 pm

FarmerPug · Post by **FarmerPug** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 11:54 pm

personally i dont think they make hifi systems like they used to, heres the sort of thing i would buy, ie something very 80s, very full of buttons, and LCD screens:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Pioneer-Hi-Fi-Sta ... 500wt_1156

lozz · Post by **lozz** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 11:58 pm

FarmerPug wrote:personally i dont think they make hifi systems like they used to, heres the sort of thing i would buy, ie something very 80s, very full of buttons, and LCD screens:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Pioneer-Hi-Fi-Sta ... 500wt_1156

ihad one of them about 12yrs ago it got upgraded too a £1,200 Technics sepreats system which is worth most probs £3 in scrap now, still got it sat in boxes

FarmerPug · Post by **FarmerPug** » Wed Feb 02, 2011 12:01 am

old japanese hifis in the 80s were really high tech stuff, my dad had some big hifi system called a 'crown' i used to love pressing all the buttons and making it make the sounds as a child. I remember seeing it about 2 years ago my uncle was using it, and it still all worked. Electronics back in the 80s were built to last, modern stuff now is built to be recycled cheaply and thrown away when the clock forgers the time.

lozz · Post by **lozz** » Wed Feb 02, 2011 12:07 am

FarmerPug wrote:old japanese hifis in the 80s were really high tech stuff, my dad had some big hifi system called a 'crown' i used to love pressing all the buttons and making it make the sounds as a child. I remember seeing it about 2 years ago my uncle was using it, and it still all worked. Electronics back in the 80s were built to last, modern stuff now is built to be recycled cheaply and thrown away when the clock forgers the time.

the best hi fi system i seen in the 80s was a Bangaoulfansen . along slim unit with a black glass top that slid back very nice and stylish
and there tvs was very slim in the 80s compared to the Huge Wooden sided things that we and eveyone else had back then,

ithink the Bangaoulfensen was For Snobs back then as you never seen Anyone with one Especialy Council estate brought up people like myself lol,
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Gawd ifeel old now after writing that

does anyone remeber taking back the Glass Barr bottles for the 12p return deposit ?

FarmerPug · Post by **FarmerPug** » Wed Feb 02, 2011 12:16 am

remember having to pull the choke on a petrol car.

Post by **steve_earwig** » Wed Feb 02, 2011 6:46 am

And you're what, 19?

I remember using the crank handle to start a Moggy. And stuffing it through the bottom of the rad

Btw congratulations on the ambitious spellings guys, it's getting really hard to read in here

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