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I am beginning to consider new speakers. There are three possible price levels: $1200, $1600, or $2000/pr (total, including tax and shipping.) Saving for these will require big sacrifices in other areas for 3, 4, or 5 months, respectively. I don't need a lot of bass (if it were cleaner, the...

Mud, I agree 100%. I have never bought anything on credit in my life. If I ever do, it will be something major like a house or car. The reason I don't have very expensive speakers is that I lack the patience to wait as long as it takes to save up for them.

I am still waiting for the "Mr. Fusion" device from Back to the Future II.:)

Where the hell did my post go? I posted in this thread this morning, and now it is gone!:eek: The gist was that I am permanently satisfied with the electronics in both of my systems, could use an upgrade of the speakers in the stereo (up to maybe $2000/pr if what I get for that is something...

I have bought a huge number of speakers in my pursuit of that elusive "something". I have rarely gotten back more than a small fraction of what I paid. If I had saved that money instead, I could buy practically any speakers I wanted by now. What a waste!:o

EQ would involve adding another component to the playback chain. I don't want to do that because of the potential for degrading the signal, and because the money would be better spent on speakers. I have tried room treatment, and I got a refund on the panels because they made no difference...

Your solution involves knowing what my "desired tonality" is! At this point, I can only listen to speakers and say "I like them" or "I don't like them". Occasionally, I might be able to pin down a few specific reasons. Also, the things I am looking for often cannot be described in terms of...

So, I guess the day when I can finally stop spending money on speakers will never arrive?:( These days, I find myself thinking of trying something "off the beaten path". Perhaps Role Sampans, Duevel Planets, or Ohm Micro Walshes, for example.

I currently own two pairs of speakers for stereo (not counting the ones in my HT), and went through many more on the way to acquiring these. One pair are mini-monitors (Cambridge Audio S30s), and the other are smallish floorstanders (Infinity Primus 250s.) I like both, and enjoy whichever...

I would never buy anything based on specs. Listening is the only way to know. Also, I agree that timbre-matching with your mains is very important.

Is "dunk no jump" anything like "dump no junk"?:p (I ask because that is how my dyslexic brain origially saw the thread title.)

The rest of us, however, view it as a legal contract. Of course, many gays are also religious and regard marriage as a joining of two people in love.

I do whatever I like, and yet I am entirely without sin. The reason is simple: I don't accept the concept of "sin", and therefore it does not apply to me. The reason that ID/creationism (the word "or" does not apply, since they are the same thing) should not be taught in public schools is...

Watching the jungle scenes in Planet Earth on regular DVD, there were times when I almost started swatting at the bugs buzzing past!:eek: I don't see how the sound can get any more lifelike than that.

This thread is now officially a free-for-all. (It was anyhow, but now y'all have my blessing.:))

What makes the lists even more pointless is the assumption that the candidates will actually stick to what they say after being elected. This is rarely the case. (Anyone remember "Read my lips: No new taxes!"? LOL.)

Teddy: Both well said and correct on all points.

Score: 18. I guess I must be getting up there!

Well put. I am not against any belief that cannot be proven or disproven, and therefore falls entirely outside the scope of science (though, on a strictly personal level, I do find it silly to believe such things.) What I am against are beliefs like creationism (aka intelligent design) which...

Remember, though, that all the various social and environmental programs could be funded for a tiny fraction of what this pointless, wasteful war is costing. If ending the war were to be Obama's only accomplishment, that would be enough for me.