The Yamaha RX 1800 didnt work out!

ParadigmDawg

ParadigmDawg

Audioholic Overlord
Had a little change of mind once in the store. My Wife is gonna kill me but I just love these.

 
Davemcc

Davemcc

Audioholic Spartan
Yeah, that could cause some discussion with the wife. Are those the 100's?
 
ParadigmDawg

ParadigmDawg

Audioholic Overlord
Yep, 100's. I just told her via email and she is way more mad than I thought she would be:eek:
Yeah, that could cause some discussion with the wife. Are those the 100's?
 
M

mudrummer99

Senior Audioholic
Good luck with that whole situation! BTW, could you bequeath those to me in case you get dismembered? ;)

Mike
 
ParadigmDawg

ParadigmDawg

Audioholic Overlord
You bet, they will be yours.

Awww...the sound of Pure Direct again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good luck with that whole situation! BTW, could you bequeath those to me in case you get dismembered? ;)

Mike
 
speakerman39

speakerman39

Audioholic Overlord
Yep, 100's. I just told her via email and she is way more mad than I thought she would be:eek:
Geez Greg, you may be in big trouble. :eek::eek: Oh well, if you get kicked out I have an extra room..........LOL!!!!!! :p:p No seriously, congrats on the purchase my friend.

Cheers,

Phil
 
mike c

mike c

Audioholic Warlord
nice. you showed her who's the man.

now, enjoy yourself before she gets home. :)
 
croseiv

croseiv

Audioholic Samurai
Wow man! Very nice. Yeah, you know, I'm stuggling with that very thing. I want to get a BD player, but I sure would like to get a new Emo 3 or 5 channel amp too(plus the BD player), . Problem is, I will have a hard time explaining what the amp is....but I'm REAL close to buying.
 
ParadigmDawg

ParadigmDawg

Audioholic Overlord
I would like to respond to the comments but I have been killed!!!!!!!
 
AcuDefTechGuy

AcuDefTechGuy

Audioholic Jedi
Congratulations on those awesome looking TOWERS!!!:D

The way I see it, you work hard, you make the money, and you deserve every bit of it!:)

Just tell her that I make less money than you do and yet I buy more expensive stuffs than you. And my wife is fine with it.:D

You only live ONCE!!!

LIVE IT.

ENJOY IT.

I would say, "Honey, I know you're angry I bought these speakers. It's just that I've been dreaming of these speakers for the last 15 years. I promise you that I won't buy another speaker for another 15 years. I just feel like I've been through a lot with my career. Do you feel I deserve this reward? Because if this makes you very unhappy, I will take it back.":D
 
adk highlander

adk highlander

Sith Lord
Good to see there a few brave men left in this world! Stand up for what you believe! Buy what you want and damn the consequences!!!


I can be brave my wife does not come to the forum.;)


You know you still have to upgrade the AVR? Did you trade in the 40's?
 
GlocksRock

GlocksRock

Audioholic Spartan
Yeah, what did you do with your other speakers? Did you sell them to finance your new speakers, or are you going to sell them so you can get the RX-V1800?
 
Matt34

Matt34

Moderator
Yep, 100's. I just told her via email and she is way more mad than I thought she would be:eek:
I did that when I bought my motorcycle, same result.;)

Good to see there a few brave men left in this world! Stand up for what you believe! Buy what you want and damn the consequences!!!


I can be brave my wife does not come to the forum.;)


You know you still have to upgrade the AVR? Did you trade in the 40's?
Brave or stupid, I haven't decided how I would classified it.:D
 
Davemcc

Davemcc

Audioholic Spartan
Have you been able to A/B them against the 40's? My Paradigm shop has very poor listening spaces and I haven't been able to hear the Studio line properly. If I'm correct, they use many of the same components, so they should have similar characteristics, but the 100's would have fuller midrange and lower extension. Any other comments?
 
Nomo

Nomo

Audioholic Samurai
I would like to respond to the comments but I have been killed!!!!!!!
Nice Speakers!!

Sorry you had to die.

Are the boxes they came in big enough to hold your body?
Who says you can't take it with you.:)
 
D

Dezoris

Audioholic
Could have just settled for a nice home theater in a box and made her happy.
 
ParadigmDawg

ParadigmDawg

Audioholic Overlord
Well, after she got home last night, I just grabbed her, said lets go out for drinks and a nice meal before we discuss the new additions. In the end, she really wasnt mad, she said I just should have discussed it with her first. I asked her what she would have said and she said, "I would have told you no".

Today, she made a comment that the new speakers sound really nice and she thinks they look good.

My local dealer that I use for all my gear bought my 40's back from me at full MSRP which is more than I paid for them over a year ago. All in all, I was paid about 300 bucks to use his 40's for the year!

I was able to A/B the speakers and yes, the 100's are fuller in the midrange and play much lower. They really seem to fill out my big room a lot better and seem more detailed. I am still playing around with the set up but they seem pretty good with a small amount of toe-in and crossed over at 60hz. I have listened to them mostly without the sub today and they play deep and even vibrate my couch quite a bit. Movie testing will be tonight with Master and Commander on BD.
 
M

mudrummer99

Senior Audioholic
Proof positive that it is better to ask forgiveness than permission. :D Congrats on avoiding the funeral and on the new speakers.

Mike
 

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