[SamA]

OK, I have a decent system in the music room. It didn't break the bank, but it sounds great.

Then I wanted to play with a headphone amp and got the Oatley Electronics two-tube kit for something like $35 delivered - from Australia. I built it. And I fell in love.

The Oately, coupled with an old portable CD player I carried on my NJ Transit commutes a decade ago, and a $1.50 Monoprice cable are just singing in my Sony MDR-V6 headphones.

Cheap and cheerful? Yup!!!

[Letitroll98]

You may win the award for the cheapest cheerful system yet.  Good job!

[RCduck7]

I gues it is this that you bought...
http://secure.oatleyelectronics.com//product_info.php?products_id=885&osCsid=d9af235ed9df539a0583d167b40b3a8a

At this price these electronics scream for being tried out at Oatley Electronics.
I never had any tube amp so far or a tube buffer, these cheap prices make it a small risk to try and seen how it turns out.

[Mikeinsacramento]

Add the K281 amp for $29 and you're set.  What fun!

[Thunder_ly]

Recently got a Yaqin ms-22b phono preamp for $160. I am Very satisfied n think it is really a cheap and cheerful hifi!

[Noseyears]

Nice! next step is to buy a set of cheap and cheerful headphones. (Superlux?)