Need New Sound System

[benjdm]

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AND STAY AWAY FROM BOSE IT'S CRAP!!!!

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Good to know things haven't changed.....

No highs, no lows, must be Bose !

[Zeno]

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

[David Steele]

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.

[wacki]

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.

[Zeno]

Noted, and thanks D.

You too Wacki.

Checking things out this weekend.

-Zeno

[razor]

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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.

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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.

[ihardlyknowher]

Off topic, but ...

Zeno, you need to change your location to "Halfway there".

[astroglide]

if you want a home theater in a box solution, i've been impressed with the onkyo ht-s580 for the price

[daryljobe777]

Go dumpster diving. I bet you will find something passable.