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dave_b

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Looking for my Final Pair!!
@ditusa  The highs on the 4429’s were a bit gritty way up...just a tad dirty.   
Looking for my Final Pair!!
Subjective indeed...RAUL!  So now I have my final wife and my final pair...of speakers;)) 
Looking for my Final Pair!!
Only we know ourselves and our desires, all of which are beyond measurement!  Enjoy whatever your desire may be and keep on listening 👂  
Looking for my Final Pair!!
Those he speaks of are working fine and the flag pole still stands firm when required! 
Looking for my Final Pair!!
@jtcf  Thanks!  I love the old school retro vibe look, smell and feel as much as the sound.  It’s really difficult to get full bodied dynamic sound with low distortion and great clarity in a speaker system these days.  Soundstage is huge, which wa... 
Looking for my Final Pair!!
So I’m now Delta Bravo?  How very...military of you 😅. The 4429’s were a revelation for me in what a horn based box speaker could deliver.  The B&W’s were a last gasp at the crazy high end neurotica segment of audio dreams...but where the Corn... 
Looking for my Final Pair!!
Yes...had trouble with BAT stuff in the past...was hoping bugs like this were a thing of the past. 
Looking for my Final Pair!!
Raul...go enjoy your perfect system and leave us alone please! 
Looking for my Final Pair!!
Sorry...VK80i is going back! 
Looking for my Final Pair!!
Anyway...the BAT BK 80i arrived 🤗I installed it 👍I turned it on 😁Hummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm 😳Yeah, I don’t do hum...it will be going back! 
Looking for my Final Pair!!
Anything I buy from now on must be fully returnable...more fun that way and less stress when evaluating 🤔  
Looking for my Final Pair!!
I may have to try them as well! 
Looking for my Final Pair!!
In the spirit of perpetual experimentation, I am getting a pair of planar magnetic ribbon super tweeters!  I will boldly go where most speakers have never gone before...to 40khz and beyond 🥸BAT VK80i is coming today today 
Looking for my Final Pair!!
There's a SUPERB article in Sound and Vision written by David Ranada about why NOBODY has yet proven not only that either DVD-Audio or SACD are superior to one another, but that EITHER is (AUDIBLY) superior to regular 16 bit 44.1khz. In the articl... 
Looking for my Final Pair!!
My room actually supports deep bass really well and is damped fairly well...speaker placement from front wall usually dials it in.  Midrange nodes are the most problematic...striking the right balance takes some work.