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1st Post Intro & Ramblings

Hi all, I have been a member for about 10 years and never posted anything although I do read a lot. Figured at some point I would, 10+ years later......

 Profession, Audio Visual Tech 22 years. I mostly work in house corporate, conventions and trade shows. Spent some time building clubs, worked a few concerts and home audio has been more of a hobby for a very long time and I have designed and built a few very high end setups years ago. I always hated working professionally on home audio, the customers and sales people are either to cheap or knee deep in marketing and cannot take advice from professionals. My experience has led me to be more aware of the budget, a vast majority cannot spend $10-20k on a stereo and yet some of us spend that on a just 1 component. 
I think that will suffice as an introduction, next I will post some of what I have learned along the way. Keep in mind, most of my recommendations come with a budget mindset instead of $$$ all out performance $$$.
kreapin
djones51
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European companies are ahead of US companies in state of the art active speakers incorporating DSP. Genelec,Kii,  Dutch and Dutch, Grimm, PMC, GGNTKT. I’ve noticed most here are still filling rooms with piles of boxes and worrying about a stupid mains cable, yeah thankfully that will die out.
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three_easy_payments
2,097 posts
 
It's exhausting reading MC drone on and on about how much he knows and the musical magic he can extract out of chewing gum wrappers and a paper clip as if he were a musical MacGyver. This theme permeates every thread he contributes to.  I read this board less and less these days due to this dominating drivel and pathetic need for confirmation of his god-like abilities.

I realize I could just stop coming here if I want to avoid the the dose of literary Ipicac....which I probably will.
kreapin OP
46 posts
 
I understand the heat directed at a member but I cannot throw shade. Believe it or not, he is just as important to the business than many of the pros. This is because even partially getting it right is better than having it all wrong which is common in most homes. At the very least, it gets someone without a clue interested. That interest grows with time along with there wallet and enjoyment. Hopefully we see that customer on websites like this in the future. 
kreapin OP
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djones Yes we are seeing more of the active speakers with DSP and some are impressive. I had about 3 minutes with the Dutch & Dutch 8c and I will admit I was impressed. Incorporating this into many of the standard budget conscious systems presents some questions since many are doing double duty as a theater also. Maybe I’m just overthinking it but it doesn’t allow for much tinkering. I am on amp #4 in my present setup, each had a different character and highlighted different aspects of the sound. This allows for some customization or tailoring to suit your taste.
kreapin OP
46 posts
 
Ok back to budget. Since I buy & sell I run across some great deals from time to time. A recent find was the well regarded Odyssey Stratos Extreme Monoblocks. After posting them for sale, I received quite a few emails asking the same 2 questions, why am I selling them and what am I replacing them with. (Legal disclaimer again) In my opinion, they are hard to beat at $3,500 new, they do deserve your attention. Used on the other hand is different, they reside in the $1,500-2,000 mark with shipping. At that price point in the used market I believe there are better amplifiers to be had. 
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