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So you've just heard speakers that blew you away

and you can afford them. What do you do? Do you buy them and put them into your system or do you purchase the whole system you heard them with? I've been getting back into audio this last year and I've decided to sell of everything that I've put together over the last 45 or so years. Even the Stax headphones will be sold. I have been fortunate to have a friend sell me his integrated and it was the one I heard the new speakers with. I upgraded the cables I heard them with in the store, but I did stay with the same brand as it's the most neutral cables I've heard. I even went with the DAC he had in the system. I've always felt that no component seems to sound the same once you change anything in the system and I finally found a dealer who seems to have the same ear as I do and I'm trusting him and having a BALL again. I dont' even have the speakers or cables yet and I'm still loving my new system.

How do you guys do it?
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ctsooner OP
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Marty, you make valid points and I agree for the most part. I have heard the Vandy's that have adjustable bass sound great and they should be able to integrate into nearly any room. When the term decent sounding room was used, it was in regards to bass since that and slap echo seem to be two of the major issues in rooms.
You bring up a great point IRT room size and what size room the speaker is made for. That's usually in regards to wave size isn't it? That would be bass. I think that many people listen way too loud because their speakers or ams can't breath unless they do. I've found that to be a major issue. When auditioning, most good stores will start with a realistic level and most will turn up the levels.

All good points as there are no absolutes when discussing audio.
joejoe
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Your assuming its all going sound the same in you room. You didn't happen ask what brand toilet they use so you can give a go also???
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tomic601
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...you sold the Stax ? that may have been a mistake...
finding a dealer you trust and knows your system AND room is important.
great dealers just loan you stuff to try...some things work, some do not. 

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jafant
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All great points guys. The key to a proper demo is trusting your dealer/retailer to have the set-up correct from the start.

Some do well w/ this fact, while others do not. There is soemthing to be said about the room & system synergy. Keep me posted & Happy Listening!
czarivey
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If literally, I recently picked up storage unit full of sound gear and found 2 huge speakers with 2 15" woofers, horn mid-range and aluminium dome horn-loaded tweeter. They stand 5' tall, handle over 5kW of power each. The model is AA Design that  I actually found no information on the internet. I think they're early 80's vintage and weigh about 265lb each. There are separate XLR connections for woofers and midrange with outputs for chaining up crossovers or other speakers. When I connected them to an array of bridged mono Crown XLS 2000 amps (2 bridged ones per side) you can feel the wind's blowing 7' away. Not sure how they do with music, but they can easily reproduce in natural sound levels Boeing jet plane during take-off.

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