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| Leather couch, leather love seat or single wooden chair I use a very large sectional sofa custom built for the room (it's also my home theater room). It can seat up to 7 adults comfortably. For me, music and entertainment are for sharing. Of course, 2 channel listening is an extreme niche these day... | |
| Store auditioning and then buying on-line from others. How do you feel about it ? I personally never quibble about price if I'm buying from a local audio dealer. If I'm buying new, so long as I know I'm just not getting shafted on the price, I'm not going to haggle. It's my feeling that running a high end audio store is diffi... | |
| Store auditioning and then buying on-line from others. How do you feel about it ? That said, my recent bought of speaker auditioning brought up an ethical question:How committed should I feel to a dealer who gives a crappy audition experience???I had a couple that left a bad taste in my mouth. In one case I was auditioning A... | |
| Store auditioning and then buying on-line from others. How do you feel about it ? I've been friendly with dealers and have always been very self conscious about wasting a dealer's time. I'm always very upfront about exactly where I stand in terms of a purchase. I never go to a store and ask to audition equipment that I'm not ... | |
| Whats in your second system? toddverrone,Just recently another high end audio store opened literally around the corner from my house, selling Harbeth speakers. Sitting down in front of one of the cheaper models (7s) I couldn't help but think "man it would be nice to own a pa... | |
| Michael Fremer's system I do not follow Fremer all the way to his conclusions about wires and tweaks.But he is for me one of the most trustworthy pair of ears when it comes to describing the sound of a speaker. Over and over through the years I've found his description... | |
| Whats in your second system? @toddverrone,Believe me, it was killing me. They were a beautifully maintained pair of ESL 57s from an old audio writer. He just didn't have a place for them anymore. But neither do I. The only space I have for speakers shares room with my hom... | |
| Whats in your second system? I doubt these count as "second systems" because I'd be using the same amps/source. But though my main speakers are Thiels (3.7 and 2.7) I have a variety of speakers I also switch into the system: MBL 121 monitors, Waveform Mach MC monitors, Hale... | |
| Which attributes do you value most? Timbre/Tone is the very first thing I notice that grabs me. It's what got me into high end audio (and I guess imaging/soundstaging did too).If a soundsystem doesn't have an attractive tone, I have no reason to sit down in front of it and listen.... | |
| Horn based loudspeakers why the controversy? @dev Holy cow! Did you move on from your MBLs? You were like my MBL-go-to-guy when researching those speakers. You had them with the reference VAC amps, didn't you?I have MBL 121 monitors, me chance for a helping of the MBL sound. Though I mai... | |
| More Bad News AT Thiel And they don't even sell what might have been their best "new" product, the last version of the Thiel Smartsub:http://www.audioholics.com/subwoofer-reviews/thiel-smartsub-1.12It got an excellent review and I have to admit it's about the only good-... | |
| Annoying sounds from cars at stop light When one of those boom cars pulls up, it's like a giant sign blaring "Look at me! I'm an a##hole and dumb as sh#t!"(Sort of like Harley Riders, who don't give a damn that their bikes cause everyone's teeth to rattle within an entire block, 'caus... | |
| More Bad News AT Thiel Agree.It’s not only that they are not selling anything like the actual Thiel speakers: what they even are selling just leaves you scratching your head. Like "who needs yet another bland me-too wireless speaker?"There’s just nothing compelling abou... | |
| Thiel Owners ish_mail,Classy system you have there.How ironic: I didn't bid on the Thiel integrator because I thought it was only good for Thiel subwoofers and I have JL. But here I see you are using it to integrate JL subwoofers too! Live and learn...Thank ... | |
| More Bad News AT Thiel I'd had dealings with Kathy Gornick way back when I had the Thiel CS6s in house and she was just such a pro. Later on I had communication with Dawn, various questions about Thiel speakers and she too was very helpful. The company was just such a... |