Trivializing AudiogoN...........ie: what I have is the best...

*S*   But a 'king's ransom' that means little to some, may have a different measure to others....
What is meaningful and fulfilling can be meaningless to others.

Who are you to judge?  Yourself.  Although your final decree may be accepted only by you...and you, alone...

'Quid rides? Mutato nomine et de te fabula narrator.'
(Horace, Satires 1. 1. 68–72)

Enjoy yours, as I enjoy mine. ;)

I’m of the opinion that the real payoff in the chase for the "perfect" system is when you are playing cards with friends and you have the music playing and one of the guys stops and listens to a song and says something like...dang...that sounds really good...even though he is several feet from the "sweet spot". I could give a rats a-- about the opinions I read on here. Do they really matter? Oh...have any of you heard the SVS Prime Pinnacle towers? What did you think?

When people say "X is the best" I hear that as "My experience is that X is the best." If the claim is made with hyperbole, it's diminished in force. If it's offered without reasons, same thing. What I've benefited from is when someone offers a reason and someone else takes that up for analysis or offers additional reasons, other factors, etc.

@plaw Why won't you buy from Listen Up? I'm in Denver so this is relevant to me. Thanks.

@tomic601 ..re 2/26, 10:56pm

+1K 👍

Kind of on point, kind of not:

I really appreciate it when those who recommend something explain their own personal context. What did they try before, what speakers, what music, what do they want out of their system.

I am disappointed when users post a single message like "I love X" and when I ask what they have tried, it's just different versions of X, or using vague terms like "coherence." with no idea where they came from, what else they thought was close, etc.

It's like a movie reviewer. If you don't know what movies they liked, you don't know if you'd agree with them.

Best,

E