On Thu, 22 Dec 2011, Chuck Cole wrote: > As a McIntosh dealer, they are required to be able to measure performance in a home, and demo great sound. However, what "great ... > or jazz speakers transparent enough for top quality classical. Thanks Chuck - the length of your reply is why I'm not going for high-end audiophile stuff. I have decent equipment right now, and I just think the time ha come for non-crappy speakers to be attached to it. I kinda miss the olden days when that meant less than 6 speakers (; But yeah, my living room is not an ideal setup for sound, plus, like I said, I'm not an audiophile, and I don't only listen to ONE type of music (or sound - a lot of the times I'm watching movies). I'm not about to spend thousands of dollars (or even a single thousand) on one pair of speakers (and then more for the center channel and more for the satellites etc etc) until I'm exceedingly rich and have spent a lot more on building a perfect room to keep them in! I have a nice Onkyo receiver now. It's high end for non-audiophiles and probably as high up as I'll go. It's driving... Sony bookshelf speakers. Which I got when I was very strapped, and are the ONLY part of this whole setup that has not since been upgraded! So I think it's time to move up on that (; -Yaron --