Walking Into A Brick & Mortar High End Audio Store


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I am currently pretty satisfied with my system the way it is right now. I am not in the market for any new purchases right now, mainly because I don't have the discretionary income to make big changes. However, sometimes I get the urge to want to go into a hifi store just to look. Eventually I will upgrade my speakers, cd player, preamp, a new dac for sure and may give class D amps a shot...but not right now.

Is it cool to go into a store just to look around, knowing you don't have the money or immediate need for an item?
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According to Ernest Hemingway, it's "For Whom the Bell Tolls." But, more importantly, does the sound of that tolling bell sound better via tubes or solid state ?
Tubes, absolutely! Cryo'd brass is best; of course.

Re who/whom: I am glad the question became a diversion from "the other" topic. While I may be willing to concede since I have never known Al to be factually incorrect about anything, I still think that, at the very least, a case can be made for either. We could dig a little deeper and explore things like the exceptions to the "rules" when the word in question is either the object or the subject of the preposition, but just like in the debates about the audibility of tweaks, I actually enjoy and prefer to leave room for a bit of ambiguity and mystery. BTW, my Microsoft Word program does, in fact, flag an error for "whom". :-)

Speaking of bells and a bit of trivia that some may find interesting: when real church bells became a thing of the past due to the use of electronic amplified bell sounds as is common today, some of the now out of work Italian bell makers were hired by the Selmer (France) musical instrument company to make the bells for their premium line of saxophones. Most of the great players use(d) these instruments.

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Excellent story Frogman. As a matter of fact, the Selmer Mark VI saxophone has been used by some of the greatest players out there, including Coltrane, Rollins, Getz, Gordon, and Konitz. The "Selmer sound" is quite beautiful.