I have 52 years and I have always been fond of hi fi systems and jazz from the 15 years I gave myself the task of beginning to build my own music system . The main difficulty facing was the high cost of equipment , so I decided to take my time and acquire high quality equipment from serious audiophiles that give good care to your equipment maintenance . I understood that this could save between 40 % to 60 % of the cost of the components. After much reading and visits HiFi stores developed my taste and I gave myself the task to start buying components. I started by amplifier which considers that based on budget , sound and Rotel brand quality was very good option. So my first piece acquired an Amplifier Rotel RA- 980BX Integrated , which buy on EBAY at $ 250.00 dollars ( Retail Price: $ 800.00 ) with only one year of use. After a clearance sale of local store HI FI bought my CD player one Creek CD-60 ( show room equipment) for $ 500.00 dollars ( Retail Price: $ 1,200.00 ) . My speakers the DM -603 Series 2 ( Retail Price: $ 1,200.00 ) , the acquired in the classified ads Audiogon for $ 600.00 . Although initially my idea was to buy a Technics 1200 MK2 turntable in one of my readings oi good things Systemdek IIX and how well they complemented with british Hi Fi sound systems. I take a chance and buy in EBAY by $235.00 , including the cartridge a Nagaoka MP-11. In a Flea Market buyed the Tuner a Technics ST-9030 by $10.00. I buy the interconnection and speaker cables to audiophile firends in Puerto Rico (Speaker Vampire Wire Cables, 2 Black Linn RCA Cables and 1 Kimber cable for $275.00). I buy another equipments but this this is the back bone of my system. I am shure that my savings are between 40 to 70 %.