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  1. is that 4x4 meters? 4x4 feet would seem pretty tiny, like a closet... your budget for cd player and amp seems pretty high to me for relatively inexpensive speakers. If it were me, I would go a step or two up for the speakers, like rb-35's or rb-75's and spend less on amp and player. If the cd player is your only source for the system, you don't even need an integrated, just get a nice 2 channel amp and connect the cd player to it directly. I don't know what the prices are like in Europe, but Sony makes nice CD/SACD players that you can get for under 200 USD.
  2. After thinking it over, I think I'll be happiest with the RC-7... unless there is some very compelling reason to do otherwise. Thanks for your advices James
  3. 190 lbs... yikes. Only 30 lbs less than me I think I'll go with the PB2+... moving that Ultra up 4 flights of narrow stairs, and then back down again 6 months later, and then back into a new apartment a few months after that is a little much for me...
  4. I'm willing to make you a set of special cables that will run you around $30,000... At first they may look like plain old Radio Shack zip cord, but I garauntee they are the finest in modern technology James
  5. I currently have RB-75s for my front speakers, and I want to get a center speaker soon. I am debating whether to get the RC-7 or another RB-75. I would probably have to put the RB-75 upside down on top of my TV to keep the level of the tweeters more even. The 75 is a little less expensive than the RC-7 - which would you guys reccomend? Thanks, James
  6. Here is my theory on people and music appreciation: I am a college student and have always loved listening to, and playing music, but my impression is that most people who claim to love music, love it for the wrong reasons. They like a certain song or group because is trendy or popular, or because they can dance to it at a club. If they like older stuff, like classic jazz, for example, they like it because it is "cool" to like it. Or else they enjoy music in the background, as something to set the mood and break up boring silence, but not as something to be listened to very intently, and therefore not to be played at volumes that force you to concentrate on it intently. Few people appreciate the details of what music actaully sounds like. A person who doesn't care what a piece of music sounds like will have little interest in the equipment that is reproducing it. The only way my new RB-75's have impressed any of my friends is by how loud they can go, and, perhaps surprisingly, by how much bass they can produce - for people used to listening to everything on cheesy computer speakers, headphones, or boomboxes, the RB-75's must sound like they have a built in subwoofer - lets see what they think when I get my PB2+ But they just like loud and bass - it makes for a good party - they don't care about the details. I don't want to come off as a snob here - while I think what I say is accurate, I don't have a problem with it. I realize that if one of them loves, say, collecting stamps, I would probably react in the same clueless way when they show me their most rare and prized acquisition. To each his own I say. James
  7. Just wanted to note that not only do the RB-75's have only one instead of two woofers, it is only an 8 inch woofer compared to the 10 inch woofers on the RF-7. It cannot keep up with the tweeter by any means, and I have already cracked one of the woofers on my pair of RB-75's while the tweeter has handled everything with ease. Soon I'll get a sub, and set the crossover fairly high and should not have any more problems.... If speaker mobility were not an issue for me I would rather have had gotten the RF-7's and not had to buy a sub right away, but I am loving the RB-75's anyway. James
  8. hm... If I save up for a few more months I could get the PB2-Ultra... I don't know if I can wait that long though... If I have a bar in my room, should I worry about shattering glasses when the sub is playing loud?
  9. Thanks for your input, Frank - looks like I will probably go for the PB2+. I think I like the polymer finish over the fabric covering, so that works out. Thanks again, James
  10. If the PB2 is louder and less expensive, what are any advantages to the Ultra? Is it more musical or accurate? I listen almost exclusively to music, but enjoy movies every once in a while, and I do like it loud, usually around 100 db (I try to be careful with my ears though...). However, I would rather choose a better quality sound than a few db's of loudness, so is the PB2 still superior in this regard? Thanks, James
  11. I have RB-75's as my main speakers and have them on speaker stands I bought from Axiom Audio. My concern is that the platform the speaker sits on is too small for the rather large 75's. It is 6 inches square, and the speaker is 10x12. So far I havent had any problems with them falling, but the setup seems a little wobbly and insecure, although the stands themselves are sturdily built. The base is large, sitting on 3 spikes on the carpet about 14 inches apart from one another, so that is not a problem. How do I use the threaded holes on the bottom of the speakers to attach them to the stands? Would it be a good idea to bolt a larger platform to the existing platform? I also think I read somewhere about filling the center support column with shot to make it heavy? I would appreciate any advice you guys can give, or ideas you have tried that have worked. Thanks, James
  12. I've been looking at subs for a while now, and was originally considering the SVS 20-39 PC+ but recently decided to up my budget and go for either the CS-Ultra package or the PB2+. What is the difference between these two subs? I currently have RB-75's as my mains, and an HK 525 reciever. My room is 15 feet wide, and about 35 feet long. However, I will be moving next year to an apartment of as of yet unspecified dimensions. Thanks James
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