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proudestmonkey

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  1. it just amazes me how people will pay thousands of dollars on high end piece of refurbed equipment with no warrenty from a b.s. company like ecost. Now the real questions is why dosent everyone buy from there local dealer?? spend a little extra $$ have a brand new piece of equipment, with a full warrenty. Plus i am sure that when you purchase the product online that you expect your local dealer to answer questions for you. well i gtg buy some refurbed underwear on ebay (it has a warrenty though)

  2. i would do the monster power... i have had pieces from both companies and the monster gave me a much better picture and i heard sounds in music that i have never heard before, it is an awesome piece of equipment (i dont know the model of mine but it is stage 2 clean power).

    thanks

    joe

  3. yes the sound in gladiator is great...esp the scene where that ball and chain is whipping around through the speakers....great 6.1 demo

    and of course, the movie that started being interested surround sound, Jurrasic Park. feeling the footsteps in your room is like your right there....well i have to go watch that now.

    joe

  4. just remeber that bose are the best marketers in the world, i read that 85% of all bose sales happen before people even listen to them. its amazing how they can take $1 worth of plastic along with 2 1.5" paper midranges and sell it for $1200 complete surround system. just a pair of klipsch bookshelfs (or rf5's if you want to go crazy 1.gif ) in virtual surround on your amp will sound much better.

    just my 2 cents

    joe

  5. FMF,

    At the store i work at we sell paradigm and klipsch. They are both very fine speakers. I just went with the rf5's myself and i compared them to studio 60's for months.

    i think the rf5's sound more natural and clearer compared to the rf3's, the bigger drivers and bigger horn really make a difference.

    the paradigms are also great, after i volume matched the paradigms with the klipsch i noticed that the klipsch have a more "direst sound" and the paradigms spread the sound out more, of course that is what makes klipsch, klipsch. with the paradigms you can hear a nasally sound from the midrange a the tweeter calls attention to itself throughout certain tracks.

    remember with the rf5's 99 db sentivity rating ayou will have a lot more sound than the paradigm speakers, you really need a seperate amp to make the paradigm speakers have any bass.

    as with demo cd's, bring what YOU listen to, if you dont have any cd's with female vocals in it, it must mean that you dont listen to that type of music. you should really demo cds that you are familiar with and will listen to. there are a lot of cds that wow people but very few people will listen to that music. but if you want to be wowed, ask your salesmen if he has a monster cable cd called "monster blues" track 5 is killer. also if you happen to have dave matthews band "busted stuff" (if you dont you SHOULD) listen to bartender or grey street.

    if the rf5's sound like they have too much trebble and not enough bass/midrange, the speakers are not broken in, 99% of the time speakers are not broken in on the showroom floor because they are usually played about 30 min a week (esp expensive speakers since not many people buy them). paradigms break in fairly easily.

    Whew, im tired now, way too much typing @ 12:30 am.

    Good luck with your speaker quest.

    Joe

    (and if you happen to live around fort wayne, indiana swing by my store and i would be glad to show you the difference!!)

  6. I would do the yamaha dvdc920, it is a 5 disc changer (that actually plays through ALL of your music cds, it dosent stop after each disc is done) It has dvd-audio and progressive scan wtih the farjouda dcdi chip inside, the picture is great, it sounds amazing and its only $399 (3 months ago it was $599!).

    joe

  7. I would have to say go with this system

    RF3 $750/pr

    RC3 $330

    RS3 $500/pr

    That would put you at your budget, i know it is without a sub but you can always add that on later. i would be a lot happier with this setup minus the sub. and you can always wheel and deal with your salesman to work on the package price with the sub.

    joe

  8. SB2's discontinued!!! no, i thnink not, gotta love salesstaff trying to add klipsch sales to their klipsch contest before the deadline. have you tried other stores?? or maybe get them to knock off money of the sb3's?? dont get the sb1's, they are great speakers but the sb2's will give you much fuller sound.

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