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Re: POLL: What's your limit?
#114266 10/28/05 04:55 PM
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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.
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Re: POLL: What's your limit?
#114267 10/28/05 09:49 PM
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...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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#114268 10/28/05 09:57 PM
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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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#114269 10/28/05 10:10 PM
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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.


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Re: POLL: What's your limit?
#114270 10/28/05 10:34 PM
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Jeez, Oz...I dunno. 200 hours of break-in time is a lot, don't you think?




Here is another poll:



What exactly is it that "breaks in?"
single choice
Votes accepted starting: 05/24/06 10:11 PM

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#114271 10/28/05 10:40 PM
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Must we do this again?


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Re: POLL: What's your limit?
#114272 10/28/05 10:44 PM
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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.


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#114273 10/28/05 11:36 PM
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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.


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#114274 10/28/05 11:45 PM
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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?"


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#114275 10/28/05 11:54 PM
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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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