been busy for a couple of days...
i would like to thank everyone for their input, especially audiokinesis, i feel more prepared for speaker shopping now.
please continue to post if you have any new thoughts, advice, suggestions, etc
to be clear, and not sound snooty, i meant to say a local dealer typically only stocks a company's flagship model in store. according to him it is much better for business to 'downsell' after an audition if the customer's budget dictates than to 'upsell'.
anyway, i thought that i should add to my original post and say that my current room is strictly temporary. eventually, sooner than later i hope, i will have a dedicated listening room. when i purchase my first home, i will first select the best room for listening, then arrange for living spaces. i do have my priorities straight, i think. so the listening room will open up a bit i imagine from 10' by 12' (ish)
another thing: are talon speakers everything people describe them to be? i have yet to find a genuine complaint regarding their various models. specifically, do the peregrine monitors (80 some pounds each, hard to think of them as monitors at that point, but they are) really dig down below 40hz or is this just an optimistic manufacturer specification. i ask because i've seen these come up used once or twice and can't find a dealer to audition here in philadelphia.
so monitors or floorstanders, i'd like to continue to hear what people have to say.
btw, i would like to purchase a speaker for a lengthy stay in my system, i.e. i almost certainly want something to build another sytem around over the next few years. my current thoughts on amplification run toward vac, lamm, joule, atma-sphere and airtight (though almost certainly cherished used gear)
thanks again and in advance
i would like to thank everyone for their input, especially audiokinesis, i feel more prepared for speaker shopping now.
please continue to post if you have any new thoughts, advice, suggestions, etc
to be clear, and not sound snooty, i meant to say a local dealer typically only stocks a company's flagship model in store. according to him it is much better for business to 'downsell' after an audition if the customer's budget dictates than to 'upsell'.
anyway, i thought that i should add to my original post and say that my current room is strictly temporary. eventually, sooner than later i hope, i will have a dedicated listening room. when i purchase my first home, i will first select the best room for listening, then arrange for living spaces. i do have my priorities straight, i think. so the listening room will open up a bit i imagine from 10' by 12' (ish)
another thing: are talon speakers everything people describe them to be? i have yet to find a genuine complaint regarding their various models. specifically, do the peregrine monitors (80 some pounds each, hard to think of them as monitors at that point, but they are) really dig down below 40hz or is this just an optimistic manufacturer specification. i ask because i've seen these come up used once or twice and can't find a dealer to audition here in philadelphia.
so monitors or floorstanders, i'd like to continue to hear what people have to say.
btw, i would like to purchase a speaker for a lengthy stay in my system, i.e. i almost certainly want something to build another sytem around over the next few years. my current thoughts on amplification run toward vac, lamm, joule, atma-sphere and airtight (though almost certainly cherished used gear)
thanks again and in advance