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> From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org
> [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of Yaron
>
> 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 (;

Although I supported the suggestion of Audio Perfection as a place to shop or maybe to listen, fact is that I have never been
excited enough to spend time or buy there myself.  My preferred shop is a similar one in Winter Park Florida (Absolute Audio) that
also carries McIntosh, Denon, and other brands.  .  My first really good speakers were 2nd best models which was all I could/would
afford then.  They were trivially different from the very best after many critical listening sessions.   Later, I stumbled onto the
top-of-the line models for a great price by pure coincidence at a pawn shop that was next to a deli where I had just grabbed lunch.
Buying used, or the more adventurous route of buying a set that needs to be re-coned (usually under $50), can get you really great
stuff for just a few hundred bucks.  By very shrewd bargain hunting, I have three audiophile quality systems on the cheap (one on
each floor).  My stuff is not the esoteric or super-high priced stuff, but is audiophile quality.  I listen to an assortment of
stuff also, but great sound improves even TV and radio stuff...  IMHO   :-)


Chuck