Thanks, Tom, for the explanation. I think we hear the same things, but you know why whereas I just hear. In any case, the 3.5's give me music .... I've mellowed in my old age.
BTW, I was part of a small group of audiophiles who formed a listening group for Jim once. A mutual friend in Louisville where I was living at the time asked me to join in ..... he had a baronial place in the far suburbs beyond where I lived, and when I arrived the large living room was set up with an oracle turntable and Audio Research gear. I believe the speakers may have been early prototype 3's (this was probably 1982). In any case, the superior imaging and fulsom frequency respond were immediately apparent. Once I got back home, the flaws in my own Audio Research gear driving IMF TLS-80's made itself known, although I kept them for another ten years. Finally, after moving to Burlington, VT in 1989 I snagged a pair of 3.5's that served as dealer demo's. Been happy ever since and later added the additional 3.5's and 2 2's for surround.
BTW, I was part of a small group of audiophiles who formed a listening group for Jim once. A mutual friend in Louisville where I was living at the time asked me to join in ..... he had a baronial place in the far suburbs beyond where I lived, and when I arrived the large living room was set up with an oracle turntable and Audio Research gear. I believe the speakers may have been early prototype 3's (this was probably 1982). In any case, the superior imaging and fulsom frequency respond were immediately apparent. Once I got back home, the flaws in my own Audio Research gear driving IMF TLS-80's made itself known, although I kept them for another ten years. Finally, after moving to Burlington, VT in 1989 I snagged a pair of 3.5's that served as dealer demo's. Been happy ever since and later added the additional 3.5's and 2 2's for surround.