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what speakers to buy
You must remember that your open plan layout requires bigger speakers with alot of bass output. Here are a few things to consider:1: Is the room very lively, if you talk loudly do you hear revereration of echo of your voice in the space, if it is ... 
Gryphon and Ypsilon price lists
Inna as a fomer store owner, which store? You should know that gross margins don;t tell the entire story of net profitablity.You have to add in 3% credit card processing,                                store rent                               stor... 
Magico S5 vs KEF Blade 2 vs TAD Evo One vs YG Kipod II Sig w/pwr bass
Yes for $18k they are a big sounding speaker, however, the original Nearfield acoustics do not have the much greater sound staging, or the transparency of the Scaena speakers.So yes they are still good, and on paper that is a good deal but the ori... 
Upgrade path from Wilson WattPuppy 7s? - seeking advice
Gpgr4blu, you just couldn’t help your self now could you.How about WHAT CAN YOU ADD to the DISCUSSON at hand, which is not about me, my store, or my knoweledge, whether or not you like my"salesmanship, " but about upgrading from Wilson Watt Puppy ... 
Paradigm speakers
Grgr4blu, we don't push the Prestiges they are very good speakers, actually for $3,000k the 75F and 85F  are very nice speakers, so are the Kef R 700 and 900 in that price range. If you like to rock out these are great speakers. The Prestiges are ... 
Magico S5 vs KEF Blade 2 vs TAD Evo One vs YG Kipod II Sig w/pwr bass
Soix are you talking Pipedreams or the newer iteration which is the Scaeana Iso Linear Array. Huge difference between these systems.The Scaeanas are amazing speakers but are $60k to $120k depending on version and yes I would take those over almost... 
Paradigm speakers
m-db where did you hear the Personas and what were they setup with?I have sold Avalons in the past, and do find them to sound excellent. I have always had tremendous respect for Avalons, but boy have they gotten pricey for what you are getting the... 
Paradigm speakers
What you should be doing when listening to a set of speakers is to identify what is the sound of the speaker vs what is the sound of the components.Ideally you will find a set of speakers which work for you and then build around them.Our philsophy... 
Paradigm speakers
Grpgr4blu,The Prestige series is a bit bright, so are Rahido, Monitor Audio Platinum Series I, B&W, and many others high performance and high resolution speakers. As usual, speakers don't have a sound unto themselves, the sound you get has to ... 
Paradigm speakers
JSL you can’t be more wrong, "the fact that they have focused their marketing and product development efforts on mass market and mid-fi and ht products."Paradigm has for years been getting rave reviews on both the Signature series and the Studio s... 
Upgrade path from Wilson WattPuppy 7s? - seeking advice
As usual Gprgrblu, you have to have the last word. Do you have any practical advice other than what I have given to this gentleman?Do you have anything to add please advise us? Do you know that I am approached by people reading these posts who con... 
Magico S5 vs KEF Blade 2 vs TAD Evo One vs YG Kipod II Sig w/pwr bass
As a dealer selling Blades as well as lots of other great gear, this post goes out to many of you who dis the Blades.We did the 2012 New York Audio Show with the Blades in a system with Chord Reference electronics and an Esoteric D02 dac. This was... 
Upgrade path from Wilson WattPuppy 7s? - seeking advice
Grbgr4u, Please just go away, you are not doing anyone a service, your constant negativity and selfrighoutness cause me  or my staff to retort over and over again to back up my positions, which leads to these long posts.Again, I shouldn't have to ... 
Upgrade path from Wilson WattPuppy 7s? - seeking advice
Folkreak I dont like being attacked and no one here should have to.What is apparent to me is the snobbery present by many members.I wounder if Sandy Gross built a $50k speaker and it sounded dramatically better than an $200k set of speakers would ... 
Upgrade path from Wilson WattPuppy 7s? - seeking advice
James,As usual Grgp4blu takes a discussion where we have come in and given good advice about possible options including products we sell and a recommendation to visit other dealers to hear a wide variety of competiting products into an arena for p...