My new HIFI rack came :-)

[calegrant]

To each his own...but this kind of system just doesn't appeal to me and yes I've listened to similar set ups. My B&W 601's in a 10x12 room with my amp sitting on a particleboard stand take me away. It's not the stereo you listen to guys, its the music. Cease with the ruckus!

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b272/clgrnt/HT.jpg

Comments, criticism, ridecule? Not sure how well this is set up but I literally have 120sq/ft for my 2-channel and HT.

[Florian]

To each his own...but this kind of system just doesn't appeal to me and yes I've listened to similar set ups. My B&W 601's in a 10x12 room with my amp sitting on a particleboard stand take me away. It's not the stereo you listen to guys, its the music. Cease with the ruckus!

If your willing to share with me the similar systems you have heard, and especially the location of the other 3 pair that exist in the United States then please share with me. I will buy a second pair faster then you can type a reply in this thread, if Joe doesnt buy them before me.

I am glad you like your 602's but to argue about the "music" is pointless, or do you believe i spend over 100K and do NOT listen to music? The perfection of reproduction of the Music is key to this hobby for me.

[calegrant]

Dude if you understood what I was writing you would realize I wasn't making an attack towards you, more so towards those criticizing you.

I feel sorry if only perfection appeals to you but many of us don't require that. You're ignorant as hell if you think people can only enjoy systems like yours. I guarantee that I've gotten just as much enjoyment out of my $50 dollar walkman I had a teen as you have from your 100k set-up.

Apparently you two are so used to people instigating arguements you think I'm just here to do the same. I didn't mean anything negative towards him in my original post yet he took it that way for whatever reason. Yes I'm a noob to the techincal aspects of reproducing music but I'm not a noob to listening to it.

I really feel sorry for people like you, the cookies on it's way.

[MikeyBC]

The perfection of reproduction of the Music is key to this hobby for me.

Finally someone said it ! This goes for me too...I hate opera and country music but if i hear a recording thats very well done and sounds fantastic on my system (I can only imagine Flo's) then I'll spend all night listening to opera....thats what high end is all about...getting closer to the "real thing" thats what i enjoy about this hobby. I cant enjoy music until it sounds like music...not a crappy low-fi stereo.

Oh, by the way..Flo, I love your stereo rack, I've been wanting to build my own someday and this gives me a good clue of what i'd like, but with dark shelves and light pillars.

[Dusty Chalk]

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b272/clgrnt/HT.jpg

Comments, criticism, ridicule?

Yeah -- get the crap off the speakers.

[calegrant]

The crap is off the speakers and on the Athenas. The B&W's and components are dusted daily while the floor speakers were purchased for parties and have been treated as such.

[GMichael]

To each his own...but this kind of system just doesn't appeal to me and yes I've listened to similar set ups. My B&W 601's in a 10x12 room with my amp sitting on a particleboard stand take me away. It's not the stereo you listen to guys, its the music. Cease with the ruckus!

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b272/clgrnt/HT.jpg

Comments, criticism, ridecule? Not sure how well this is set up but I literally have 120sq/ft for my 2-channel and HT.

Was this a joke? I like funny stuff, but I don't get this one.

Don't cease the ruckus Flo. We (or at least I) enjoy reading about and seeing your upgrades, as well as anyone else's.

[Florian]

Thanks you two, i will continue to post my upgrades. The next one should come here this weekend, a new Krell KSA 250 matched to the Grands. Hope all will go well :-)

[calegrant]

That's sad, I make a comment without attacking anyone and now I'm bombarded with insults that weren't justified. I don't claim to know anything much about hifi set-ups but I do know a little thing about life and how your words reflect your true colors and florian's is a toasty shade of dog **** brown. Maybe you shouldn't have worried about saving for that system of yours and focused more on learning how to associate with others on a respectable level.

[GMichael]

That's sad, I make a comment without attacking anyone and now I'm bombarded with insults that weren't justified. I don't claim to know anything much about hifi set-ups but I do know a little thing about life and how your words reflect your true colors and florian's is a toasty shade of dog **** brown. Maybe you shouldn't have worried about saving for that system of yours and focused more on learning how to associate with others on a respectable level.

I don't recall insulting you. All I said was that I didn't get your joke and that Flo should continue to post his upgrades. But your post here is clearly an attack.
Maybe you should read your words above, "focused more on learning how to associate with others on a respectable level." Now, please live by them.

[Resident Loser]

...know my opinion re: Flo...It seems as though some folks have forgotten his haughty, half-fast attitude towards those who do not elect, or simply cannot afford, to spend the equivalent of the GNP of some developing countries on a music playback system...or that part of his expenditures were subsidized by his still living at home with his folks whilst most of us must contend with the realities of life...or his condescending sigs, or simply bypassing some components in his Xovers and proclaiming his genius for electronics, etc. Some of you eat it up, which only fuels his egoistical notions of self-importance. Part of the problem or part of the solution?

OTOH, some people see through the glitz and cr@pola...That way down, deep inside he still puts out the vibe of being "better" than everyone else, and from time to time someone will call him on that attitude...

jimHJJ(...I know I will...)

P.S. Yeah, I'm still spellin' der fuhrer's name the way I choose to, cuz I know you like it so...

[Florian]

Now lets ee, i am 23 years old, am a webdesigner, live in a nice apartment, work and wait over a year to complete and audio system....what on earth is wrong with that?

I dont elevate myself to any level, but those who see and like what i have elevate me to this level. I said many many times that my first system was a small Onkyo Receiver and Infinity speakers. I have no problem with those who dont want or can afford a higher end audio system. I just dont like those that hate on me because they cannot afford what i have. Or those that "think" they can judge my system and come up with the conclusion that its not to their liking without ever having seen one.

-Flo

[GMichael]

...know my opinion re: Flo...It seems as though some folks have forgotten his haughty, half-fast attitude towards those who do not elect, or simply cannot afford, to spend the equivalent of the GNP of some developing countries on a music playback system...or that part of his expenditures were subsidized by his still living at home with his folks whilst most of us must contend with the realities of life...or his condescending sigs, or simply bypassing some components in his Xovers and proclaiming his genius for electronics, etc. Some of you eat it up, which only fuels his egoistical notions of self-importance. Part of the problem or part of the solution?

OTOH, some people see through the glitz and cr@pola...That way down, deep inside he still puts out the vibe of being "better" than everyone else, and from time to time someone will call him on that attitude...

jimHJJ(...I know I will...)

P.S. Yeah, I'm still spellin' der fuhrer's name the way I choose to, cuz I know you like it so...

Haven't forgotten. But Flo has been growing and learning how not to argue. I award him points for his efforts.

[Carl Reid]

To each his own...but this kind of system just doesn't appeal to me and yes I've listened to similar set ups. My B&W 601's in a 10x12 room with my amp sitting on a particleboard stand take me away. It's not the stereo you listen to guys, its the music. Cease with the ruckus!

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b272/clgrnt/HT.jpg

Comments, criticism, ridecule? Not sure how well this is set up but I literally have 120sq/ft for my 2-channel and HT.

This original post may not be intended to be an attack but I can easily see how someone could take it to be one...

Also

Flo, didn't immediately attack you for this post... he just called you out on one very unlikely statement that you made

yes I've listened to similar set ups

Now I know absolutely NOTHING about you, but If I had to bet, I'd say that the odds that you've heard a similar setup to what Flo has are ridiculously low.... Just based on how rare and expensive a pair of apogee grands are....

Because you are new, I'd assume that you probably heard a big and expensive set-up and thought it qualifies as a "similar setup".... To use my usual car analogies... it's like saying that since you rode in a friend's corvette, it's "similar" to a Limited Edition $1M Lambourghini (with only 12 ever made).... Unless you've actually tried both the Corvette and The Lambo, there really is no basis for that comparision just a huge assumption...

Now please don't take my comments as an attack on you... I'm not supporting anyone in this thread.... I'm just trying to point out that a thread about an audio rack has become uncivil for no real reason... maybe just a few misunderstandings...

@ Flo - Cool rack....