Thanks OP for chiming in on Boenicke. I listened to the Boenicke W8 speakers at Alma Audio last year and thought they sounded great with relatively inexpensive Moonriver amplification. The sound was very immersive and images were meatier than one would expect from such diminutive speakers. They were set up in a near field configuration. The swing base is interesting but it seems they make the speakers easier to topple over. I would be worried if I had small kids or rambunctious dogs. I loved the sound, however.
The Horror
After getting back home from “The Show” in Costa Mesa, California this past weekend, I walked over to my stereo system and turned it on. And silently wept. I had held out a feint hope that my cross-over modified 1.7i Maggies and mighty Parasound A21+, fed from a Prima Luna 300 tube preamplifier could somehow manage a slight shimmer of resemblance to the robust setups I witnessed at the SHOW. Not—- on— your —-life. Not even close. I slumped into my over-stuffed couch and stared long and hard at the thing I created: an anemic concoction of false hopes and wishful thinking. The horror, the truth: entry into serious audiophile listening begins with purchase of speakers that cost the price of the car I had to finance for 4 years, closely followed with the added expense of beefy sophisticated electronics and wiring, not a gaggle of cheap wanna-be plastic and tweeks. I so wanted to belong, but that’s turned out to be just a fever dream I’ve got to wake up from. Maybe one day, if ever I have the nerve to rob a bank, find Jimmy Hoffa, or survive a head-on collision from a sleepy Amazon driver, I might make it. Maybe. Feel free to play the violin with two fingers.
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@soix my comment was removed, yours wasn't. Pretty unfair. I am attacked and I am the one silenced. If this one will be removed too, you can be sure I will leave the forum, my sense of fairness is strong and having removed ONE SIDE's COMMENT ONLY is an abuse of fairness. I don't have a thin skin. I just don't like being insulted, bullies and bullying. Your version is a nice try. It's like kicking someone and saying you were joking. You keep insulting me, in every comment now. You can't make any comment apparently without attacking the other person. If you really believe your interpretation of the events, your normalizing your behavior, that's pretty scary. With this moderation, I wouldn't bet on being here tomorrow but whatever, I can live happily ever after and you can speak "FREELY" which in your dictionary means insulting other members.
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