It never ends....


Well, I went down to the local dealer for their Memorial Day sale. Did not really intend to buy anything; maybe just avail myself of their wonderful offer to accept at 100% trade-in for speakers bought there, so I brought the sales slip for the Aerius' I bought there in Dec 00 "just in case" something there caught my fancy. Wouldn't ya know it, the Ascents were just waiting my arrival. Could be the end of the story, but ohhhhhhhhhh no.

So, I'm standing there with the sales slip for the Aerius' that are sitting in my house getting ready to "do the deal" and the salesman says "Geez Mitch, bet those Areius would sound great in your home theater" (which is all Klipsch right now). The wheels start to turn in my head..."I got this huge refund from Uncle Sam and all I did with it was pay off bills (mostly stereo stuff), I'm starting a new job in 2 months that will just about double my salary, there is no "Mrs Mitch" at home to bitch (man, do I love that rhyme, although the previous two Mrs Mitchell's weren't to crazy about it) at me if I do this...heck...I ought to be a bit self-indulgent and just skip the trade in and buy the Ascents out-right..."

Did just that. So now for my home theater I also need the "Bat Wing" M/L center channel and some M/L surrounds...of course, with this quality speaker, I'll need to scrap the Technics Dolby 5.1 reciever for a whole bunch of Levinson, BAT, C/J, Proceed or Anthem stuff...

You know, it never ends...no matter what you have, you always want better. Complacency breeds mediocrity...

I can still remember (faintly at best) my first Radio Shack stereo...do any of you remember your first stereo?

Anxiously awaiting the delivery of my Ascents (with the custom made side panels of course...)...

Mitch
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My first real stereo was a KLH model 20, followed by a Kenwood 80watt integrated amp with a huge pair of ugly black Technics speakers and an Akai R to R Tape deck. Big stuff for a college kid in those days. I really do fit the old adage...."the only difference between the men and the boys is the size of their toys".
Hey Vermonter, do you still live in VT? Do we have a local dealer other than AV Authority with some high-end stuff? Bob
Mitch...when we were growing up there were fewer people here than cows. Now we are up to almost 600,000 residents ( a tall building's worth in NYC ) and most of the cows are gone, but we Vermont audiophiles had better stick together, 'cause I got more fingers than our total....and I don't have extra. I am on a first name and and coffee- with-milk-no-sugar basis with my UPS driver.