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AND STAY AWAY FROM BOSE IT'S CRAP!!!! [/ QUOTE ] Good to know things haven't changed..... No highs, no lows, must be Bose ! |
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Thanks wacki.
And thanks to everyone for the links and advice. I now have a good base resource to plug into. And I am in no rush to puchase the system so will take my time. -Zeno |
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If you can find some, try some of the low end Paradigm speakers. Search Dealers
Canada makes some great speakers because the government fronted a bunch of research money for this. Ah socialism. I have some pricier ones but I was about to buy another pair for a few hundred that sounded just great but the project got nixed. D. |
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One more thing Zeno. Go to a local high end audio shop (that has a sound room) and test the speakers. My favorite test is to bring a few of my own CD's. I bring Van Halen II (1979) and play spanish fly. If I can hear the fingers rubbing on the guitar strings (very distinctive tweek sound) I know the treble is to my liking. I then pop in a CD from glory and listen to the snare drums. I want a tight responsive bass. I then pop in a little "The Launch", "Zombie Nation" or other tracks just for kicks. It is very important that you listen to one speaker immediately after listening to a different brand. Side by side comparison is a must.
Celestion, Klipsch, Paradigm, JBL, Polk, Infinity (don't lose receipt with these guys) are all worth looking at. There are dozens of others as well. |
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Noted, and thanks D.
You too Wacki. Checking things out this weekend. -Zeno |
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Use audacity (free) to compress music into high quality MP3's. You can set up the compression so their is no loss in sound quality. [/ QUOTE ] You don't hear a difference between MP3s (I'm assuming you are compressing them at 320bit) and CDs? I'm not disputing this, just curious. I guess I'll have to do a listening test someday. One thing I do know is that 128bit MP3 sound like [censored], and while 320bit is a improvement it doesn't seem the difference is as big as that between 128bit and CDs. |
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Off topic, but ...
Zeno, you need to change your location to "Halfway there". |
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if you want a home theater in a box solution, i've been impressed with the onkyo ht-s580 for the price
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Go dumpster diving. I bet you will find something passable.
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