I concur. Find $50 somewhere and buy the CL-61a. If you don't, you might simply end up following in my footsteps...buying $100 components (I'd bought the Pioneer TS-C1653), end up regretting it/thinking there's something better out there, and end up buying the CL-61a anyway...so just skip to the good part and get them. I guarantee you won't regret it.