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    Re: Looking for HT Advice

    ^Thanks, I have read about that. Did you get new ones? If so how do you like them?

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    It was a time when they were hard to get and once I got my refund I didn't pursue buying another set.
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    Bummer. When and I listen and or buy, I'll provide my amachur listening impressions.

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    Apologies for the first-world problem discussion, but here it goes....

    Went to the local BB with the wife to demo speakers, hopefully ELAC bookshelves. Unfortunately there was no such animal in the demo rooms. The guy we ended up spending time with had not even heard of the brand.

    We brought our own demo material, Joan Osborne "Relish", Zep IV, and Adele's first. Started with JO "St. Teresa" which I like alot since its an interesting and dynamic song. The two brands of speakers they had were B&W and DefTech. A B&W bookshelf was first up, I don't recall the precise model, but we switched back and forth with a smaller B&W book shelf. It was obvious the bigger model had better midrange. Demo guy also threw in a sub every now and then, I think it was an 8" DefTech (200W?, demo guy did not know the crossover frequency). Even that made a huge difference so a sub is now on the shopping list.

    The big mistake was asking to hear towers. We switched between two 600 series B&W's, the 684 (1" AL tweeter and 2 5" woofer) and the 682 (which has a 1" double-dome AL tweeter, 2 6.5" woofers, and a 6" midrange). Well, I'm sure you know where this is going. My plan A of bookshelves has gone out the door given the harshness and shallowness of the bookshelves versus the towers. Fuller and more balanced is how I would describe the difference. I had my phone with an RTA app, but it didn't dawn on me to use it. I will next time. The rest of the time was spent listing to "When the Levee Breaks" and "Stairway to Heaven". It was a blast.

    My wife is totally onboard with towers, but I am hesitant to only go with B&W. I don't doubt they are great speakers, and the demo guys speil provided great background, but I know there are so many other options out there. Budget can't be crazy. There also are not many retailers in my area where I can sit down and listen. I may have to drive up to Orlando where there is certain to be a wider selection.

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    https://www.chanemusiccinema.com/lou...e-loudspeakers

    Does have rave reviews. Never heard those so I can't comment.

    Maybe you can order some and send them back if you don't like it.

    Kelvin

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    Its getting worse..... http://www.salksound.com/model.php?model=Song3. Apparently, they look at least as good as they sound too.

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    Oh, hell yeah to some towers ! What will room be like . . . Live or dead ?
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