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having heard the smaller versions of the reference bookshelf line, i don't see why not.. but if the heresy is what everyone makes it out to be, why not go with that? definitely will be cheaper...

i hate how this forum resizes images automatically. if i'm going to download the full version of the thing, i want it to display the damn full version.

so this is the main reason for using kimbers over solen? lead length? or are you assuming there will be a worthwhile change audibly?

8 cubic feet? holy crap, that sounds huge. and here i thought my 88.5 liter sealed enclosure for my 12 incher was large.

impress her even more by laying bare cinder blocks on your speakers. as for the lead shot, you put it inside the speaker? maybe it sounds different because you midified the internal volume?

hi dean, did you receive my e-mail?

sounds like a good deal. i was planning on selling my rf3's with creased woofers and damaged grills (had to reglue the pegs on) for around that price. but you're getting an entire set which makes it very worth while.

happy birthday

i thought that's what the sub was for?

whenever i discuss audio with the average person, they always bring up bose. no matter what i say or how i try to demonstrate bose's faults, they still have it engraved into their mind that bose is indeed the top speaker company in the US. why? simply because everyone else believes the same thing. i'm sure even if you A/B'd klipsch to bose, placebo would kick in and convince them that bose is still indeed a great speaker worthy of being considered "top of the line." either that or they'll simply pull the "you're heritage is extremely huge... for that size it BETTER sound good" card on you. and, well, that one pretty much shuts me up. []

so, now you want k-horns?

i'd take it into consideration if it was possible to install in a la scala without completely butchering the top end of the cabinet

you can't set the x-over any lower than 100hz?

judging from your trends, your opinion should take a 180 degree turn a year or so from now.

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wow.. merlin is $800 now. too bad. i planned on buying one after the crossover upgrade. doesn't seem to be much of a bargain preamp anymore. edit: funny how it now says *more* bang for the buck on the side of their website CTP, IMHO, Merlin would be a bargain @ 1K! Terry that's fine and dandy, but it's a bit disheartening when you see a product go up 33% in price. it's not exactly a budget preamp anymore.

happens while listening to music as well. sometimes i hear people talking to me... except no one's in the house

wow.. merlin is $800 now. too bad. i planned on buying one after the crossover upgrade. doesn't seem to be much of a bargain preamp anymore. edit: funny how it now says *more* bang for the buck on the side of their website

i had a bose wave radio a few years ago with the cd player and everything

so it's basically a $500 vibrator?

so, no more belles? what happened to building cornscalas? i remember that was on your list too a while back.

well... that is the left hand depending on how you look at it

i didn't know Qatar was in the US

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