First off I want to thank everyone who responded. I laughed, I cried, but in the end I still have the studio 20's
In my home area we are limited to audio stores one of which just shut its door after 20 some years in the business. Sad. I actually bought the studio 20's on audiogon at a resonable price of $800 which included shipping. I heard them at the above mentioned store before they closed and liked what I heard but not at $1300 so when I saw these audiogon I purchesed them.
Everyone wants to sell home theater systems now so they don't carry alot of dedicated two channel components. In my immediate market area you can find Klipsch, Paradigm,B&W,and Polk. So you can see how hard it is to audition anything else.
I'm not looking for justification on why I own the speakers I do. It, at the time, was the best of the bunch. I know there are bigger and better speakers out there, which is good to know, I would welcome any constructive input on what else is out there, that by chance I can audition speakers. I find it difficult to purchase speakers without actually hearing them first. Maybe that will change.
I have another posting in pre/amp forum that specifies that If your "friend" had $5000 to spend on putting a two channel system together how would you direct him in his spending. This is also based on having the studio 20's already. Which I am more than happy to change if someone can give me compelling reasons to do so.
