spent my saturday afternoon setting up a stereo system type thing in my dorm room and it's my greatest accomplishment. it's lowkey janky but here are the specs if you're curious
cd player: marantz crd420, manufactured in 2007 i think. given to me by my professor/advisor bc it was taking up space in the music building storage and would be fun to play with. only issue so far is it keeps randomly stopping, and freezing? i'm not 100% sure why and haven't found a whole lot of troubleshooting stuff on it.only thing i've been able to do to "fix it" is unplugging and plugging back in.
stereo amp/receiver: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08W5BN4FK?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2_dt_b_product_details">pyle wireless bluetooth stereo power amplifier</a> i usually hate buying off amazon but this was super cheap and works great so far. it was super easy to set up and has bluetooth and radio as well so i can play from my phone or laptop if i want.
speakers: alesis monitor one mkII, pair. fantastic, also given to me by my prof because they were from an old campus that closed and now our building has upgraded so they were just taking up space. super clear audio, i can hear everything with much more clarity than even my car or studio grade headphones.
speaker cable was stored with the monitors. took me a hot minute to strip the wires but it was absolutely worth it.
rca-rca cable: <a href="https://www.target.com/p/philips-6-stereo-audio-cable-red-white/-/A-5324209">philips 6' stereo audio cable</a> pretty cheap, cable is pretty durable and the jacks seem pretty sturdy so i'm hoping they'll last me a while
it's definitely for the best that i'm on the ground floor of my building so i'm not torturing anyone below my room with the bass. i'm super proud of my janky ass frankenstereo, though. she's a beaut.