Re: POLL: What's your limit?
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I think people who spend that much on speakers might just listen to that
sh!+ just to be on the safe side. Hell I think I might. Nah I'd have to buy them just before leaving for vacation and leave them running the whole time till I got back.
oz
"Life is what happens while your busy making other plans" John Lennon
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Re: POLL: What's your limit?
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In reply to:
...what is the upper limit of what you'd spend on a single pair of speakers for a two channel system?
This needs some clarification here.
Is the question asking what you would spend if you had the finances of the King of Saudi Arabia or based on what you earn now or when you are retired or if your distant relative died and left you a huge inheritance, or if you did not have a wife, etc. etc. etc.?
The only time I ever spent a lot of cash on a pair of speakers was when I was single. Though my wife says she would let me spend that kind of money now if we had it, but I don't believe her for a second .
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Re: POLL: What's your limit?
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If I had the dough I'd get some Von Schweikert VR-4 JR's. I'd also like a pair of Rega R9's.
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Re: POLL: What's your limit?
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Unless I was fortunate enough to score a winfall, I couldn't justify more than $2000 on a pair of mains. But I'm so happy with the 80's that if some money did become available, I would just keep them and buy an amplifier. I would love to hear what these could do with some REAL power behind them.
Shawn
Epic 80/600 + M3's + M3 Algonquins + M2 Computer + EP125 I think I'm developing an addiction.
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Re: POLL: What's your limit?
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In reply to:
Jeez, Oz...I dunno. 200 hours of break-in time is a lot, don't you think?
Here is another poll:
"There's too many notes!"
M22ti
VP150
EP350
QS8
AVR-2805
SCD595
Panasonic DVD-S35
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Re: POLL: What's your limit?
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shareholder in the making
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Re: POLL: What's your limit?
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Not trying to stir anything up. I'm genuinely interested. A poll seems an easy way to find out anonymously what people think.
"There's too many notes!"
M22ti
VP150
EP350
QS8
AVR-2805
SCD595
Panasonic DVD-S35
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Just so everyone's clear on this, my comment to Oz was a joke. I'm firmly in the "ears" camp.
M22ti mains, EP175 sub, VP150 center, QS4 surrounds
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Re: POLL: What's your limit?
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Hmmmm... 5 votes for "ears" so far, my vote the only one for "both." I wonder if a little of the break in changes are caused by materials settling in. I'm thinking of new boots that torture you for a week then are suddenly supple. Gaskets and seals in new cars that settle and seal better after a thousand or so miles. Possible? Maybe not so much the aluminum cones themselves, but the, what, surrounds? Gaskets? Might they not have a little more play after a couple of hundred hours? Is there an equilibrium they reach after a while? I think there may be a little of that. Maybe it could account for say 20% of the "break-in factor?"
"That's some catch, that Catch-22." "It's the best there is."
M22ti
VP150
EP350
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M3Ti
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Re: POLL: What's your limit?
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We could just skip to the end where someone calls us an elitist scientist club who should just trust their ears.
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