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| Speaker suggestions please - going to the BIG city Won't give you a speaker recommendation. Will just tell you to visit Pro Musica in Chicago. Right down the street Wrigley Field (Clark street and Wrightwood). These guys are the "Music Monks" in Chicago from way back.Other respectable dealers: Sup... | |
| Complete Proprietary Systems MBL. | |
| Speaker suggestions please - going to the BIG city Better give more specifics like: Budget? Where in Chicago will you be (VERY large city)? Speaker type e.g. Horns? Dynamic? Planar? etc... | |
| Time for new Categories-This is directed to you Audiogon "thumps-up" "thumbs-down" on posts... | |
| Shipping rates on site always lower Not a big trader myself but I agree, I've been burned the most on estimating shipping chares. The only safe way is to "Pad" the estimate when you charge the buyer and then refund any excess when you ship the item. | |
| For auld lang syne, ..high-end companies you really liked that are gone.... Cain&Cain. Met Terry at a 'Vegas T.H.E. show. He told me he was a furniture builder before getting into audio. BEAUTIFUL cabinets on his Single-horn BEN speakers. Sound was colored as hell (IMO) but colored the way I like it. Regret not buying... | |
| Does using XLR cables (double voltage output) mean I can use lower powered amplifiers? Since the output voltage is double, that of RCA, would using XLR to RCA converter plugs, at the amp end, give more volume for a given volume-control position? Inquiring minds want to know... | |
| Single vs. Dual Subs A single sub can do the job but you MUST find that "perfect spot" in your room. Incorrect placement will sound horrible. | |
| How much reality do you really need? "Music (i.e. art) is nor reality. It is freedom from reality.". | |
| How much reality do you really need? Mglik - The "more" I'm referring to has to do with the listener, not the system hardware. If you are a regular concert goer or have attended many in your lifetime, you have a larger knowledge-base at your disposal.When you say "this sounds real", ... | |
| Fraud and scam, how many of you are victims? Not a huge deal but I bought some speaker wire in a face-to-face transaction with someone I found advertising on this site. I could see they had been reterminated and the seller said it was done "at the factory". After the sale, I called "the fact... | |
| How much reality do you really need? mglik - Isn't appreciation a function of the motivation and experience of the listener? I.e., the more you put into it the more you get out of it? | |
| How much reality do you really need? stuartk - Quoting a humble Shaolin: "I don't try to have all the answers. I simply try to understand the questions...". | |
| How much reality do you really need? "I would ask: look at the sky, what color is it? You say blue and I say red."Should read: "I would ask: look at the sky, what color is it? You say blue and I say blue.". However, in my reality, I see blue and call it blue. You see (my) red and cal... | |
| How much reality do you really need? Can you prove, with metaphysical certitude, that the color I perceive as "blue" is not what you see as "red"? |