Learned some things . . . downtown
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Every once in awhile just like the changing of the seasons, this little gremlin creeps in my little head and says things like, "you better go down to the local electronics store and see what's new." So, off I went in the cold and the rain. I talked with a salesman there. They are closing out the old PSB image line and they don't have much left. He was lonely and wanted to talk, since those 2 college students passed on the PSB image 4ts he was trying to give them a good deal on. I auditioned the image 2Bs, since I seem to have been seduced by bookshelf speakers. I still think the tweets on these are on the bright side. He wanted me to hear the Image T55's which retail for $900. These are quite similar in sound to the Axiom M50s, I thought, but uglier. I compared what I heard in the image line and quickly found that I still prefer my Axioms. The new PSBs have a slight curve at front and back, unlike the old straight cabinet of the old ones. I wonder where they got that idea?? He started talking about receivers, he told me the Denons have the best power supply, but are absolutely worthless when it comes to 2 channel, as a matter of fact he didn't think anyone should use a HT receiver to listen to 2 channel stereo. It had something to do with digital conversion back to analog, etc., etc., etc. He wanted to know what kind of speaker wire I have, and that I absolutely need to get some twisted speaker wire. I didn't tell him I was thinking of picking up some lamp cord at the hardware store. I guess that I'll just have to replace that crappy Denon, since it is worthless.
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Hush hush. Even downtown.. voices carry.
What a maroon.
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I gotta tell you, when I read that subject line I figured you were going to pass along some new Karma Sutra tips...
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Hush hush. Even downtown.. voices carry.
Aimee Mann? Was that 'Till Tuesday'?
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Yup, but I misquoted intentionally. Instead of "even downtown" it should be "keep it down now"
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Bruce, that salesman might be a nice guy, but he apparently does his bit to keep at least two audio mythologies alive. Besides the speaker wire thing, there's the silly bit about HT receivers and stereo. Of course this is another thing floating around without factual support. Two of the multiple channels of an HT receiver amplify just as transparently as the two channels of a stereo receiver with similar specs. If it isn't wanted, no extra processing for stereo play has to take place in an HT receiver.
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AAAAAAAGHHH!
thanks SO MUCH for getting that song in my head.
So, closeouts on PSBs, huh? Hmm...
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But JohnK...
If you make the weak-minded feel inadequate about what they own, they'll bray and follow you anywhere for a sugar cube!
Bren R.
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Yup, but I misquoted intentionally. Instead of "even downtown" it should be "keep it down now"
LOL....funny, here I was thinking I had the words screwed up for all of these years.
Not to hijack, but how's her new stuff, anybody know?
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I wish I had something like that to pass along to youz guyz . . . I'm sorry I got you all worked up for nothing.
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