daydream816

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@robert_1 rock will not be my main  genre of music. This all started because I was asked at 2 dealers in a row what else they could show me. I went through the different music I had heard and thought…hmmm…what about Led Zeppelin. They told me no l... 
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@gumbedamit  i am still working on the amps to drive these things. I still have time as i was told 13 weeks for the maggies. Still have 9-10 weeks left. Looking at all options. Its been a challenge. Any one have an opinion about the Cary SS amp? D... 
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@cycles2 thank you for letting me know about the subs even with the 20s. As I figure this out I might need to add the subs later from a cost perspective. I initially was thinking about the 1.7s but once I heard the 3.7is I knew I wanted them lol. ... 
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@dgibans those New Pass amps are out of my budget but I am keeping and eye out for used stuff. Thank you!  
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I am 61 so I am trying to not even start that round about. I plan on retiring soon and am guessing I will not have the funds for a ton of constant upgrades. I have a pretty wide range of music I listen to. Seems like I get on jags and will be stuc... 
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@sgreg1 and @mikekollar I think you are both right and looking am forward to this aspect of a new system. I mist admit I currently feel the same was about Steely Dan that you describe so I better pick my system out carefully lol. Thank you.  
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Sooo true. Thank you for remembering that I had listening set up for today!!  
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@tomic601 i do love the sound of the maggies however today was the first time I thought the boxes were disappearing a bit even though every one was a box speaker. 
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Sooo today I heard Sonus Faber that were similarly priced to the Magnepan 3.7i. Also heard Focal Kanta 2. These were around 10 k , I enjoyed my visit there. They have Macintosh stuff which is the first time I have seen or heard this. They also hav... 
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Thank you everyone for the huge amount of comments. This was my first real reach out and everyone has been so helpful.i learned a ton!  I am once again going to filter through the comments. So appreciate each one of you! 
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I never was able to do much with tone controls. Although when I was a youngster I had a graphic equalizer and then a parametric equalizer I will now admit at 61 years old I had no idea what I was doing with them lol. I understood what you were say... 
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@tomic601 Chicago is only 4 hours away. Inthink that is a sound idea.. i know audio shows were mentioned earlier. I will look a few up and see if there are any near me. I am heading to Atlanta in November.  
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@tomic601 i will be using a turntable and streaming. I do have an older NAD cd player and many CDs but I really dont listen to them much and do not believe that will change.  
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@asvjerry lol I know every word you said is true. I was nervous about posting  but am glad I did as I am finding so much info in the responses. I do first and foremost love music, i do however appreciate the sound that can be had with a nice syste... 
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I'm very much trying to take in all the info and enjoying every minute of this. It makes me even more excited.