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What Speaker are Great for Rock and Roll $5K-20K
SImiliar to my initial point...if volume is what you are after...there is no need to spend 10k...you wont have any hearing left to discern the difference between a 5k system and a 10k system anyways...and critical listening is never done at high l... 
Help My friend wants to go with some DQ-10s
Here is what one can get new or used for same amount of coin as the $500-600 DQs(factoring in upgrades/repair work)...Epos M12s,Spendor 3/5s,PMC tb1,Maggie MMG,Paradigm Studio 20,Triangle TItus,Monitor AUdio Studio 2s,B&W 601/602,Dynaudio 42/5... 
how old is too old when buying speakers?
Trust your instincts...if it seems too good to be true...or u sense the seller maybe playin' ya...pass...there are too many reliable folk on Audiogon...always check feedback,call seller,have pics emailed,etc...this doesnt guaranteee a smooth trans... 
Jazz Recommendations
The Philadelphia Experiment...if you dont own this...Santa is gonna slap ya! Merry x-mas.... 
Any thoughts on a Audiogon covention?
wow...I have more back hair than Ron Jeremy...am better looking(hell,who isnt)...and just as "gifted"...maybe when my folks pass away(terrible thought I know)...I will switch professions...unit then...nursing school...here I come! 
No good new music?
Duane...if you like fusion jazz with no vocals...check out the Philadelphia Experiment...they have a fretless bass player that eats Flea from the Redhots for breakfast...no joke...also..a very good,clean,audiophile recording...and one of my favori... 
No good new music?
Yeah...a music fest would be a real hootenany...a couple of cold ones...a few cigars...and a whole lotta "bantering"...what are your favorite Can albums? I also like early PIL with jah wobble on bass...great stuff.. 
Why I am Selling
Yeah...used CDPs are risky at best...even more...used Turntables...I tend to stick to used amps...and select speakers...but you never know...somebody could treat these like a stepchild...there is always a risk just crossing the street... 
It's a "space thing"...need help
Go with the Spendors...they a sealed enslosure design...and will work closer to walls...I have the Quad 12Ls...but they are rear ported...I have them 4ft from my rear wall...the Spendors sound huge for their size,have great 3-d imaging,and within ... 
Any thoughts on a Audiogon covention?
Mrwigglewm...Southern hospitality still lives! Do you know of a good place for gumbo,craw,blue crab,etc? 
No good new music?
Wow...good question...I dont know if they have a connection...but chances of putting those names together out of the blue is pretty remote...is the LP your referring to the one with the soup can on the cover? I got a couple Can albums, but that on... 
Which Amp for Magnepan MG 3.6/R?
Second the Bryston 4b-st...a buddy has this combo with his 1.6s...and it is sweet...Bryston have a tendency to really bring out the best in planar bass...speed,definition,and with this much juice...pretty good dynamic "punch"...some have commented... 
What size subwoofer to get?
Also...listen to Danner...this is exactly what RIchard Vandersteen has been saying for years...and why Vandy only makes full range speakers...the crossover for sub/sats is just way too high...good advice... 
What size subwoofer to get?
No discredit to your PSB speakers...but i would pass on a PSB sub...a sub is kind of "icing on the cake" for a system...you want it to be just right.... 
What size subwoofer to get?
Remember...when buying a sub...you are also buying an amp...the size of the driver is really irrelevant...although some purist find them too "thumpy"...I do think Sunfire subs for 2 channel sound are amazing(Bob Carver claim to fame have always be...