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    Quote Originally Posted by pixelthis
    You know I am really getting tired of you. After cashing in a 20,000 $ 401k I was going to treat myself to some new speakers, and had heard such glowing reports on them, and here was a local audio legend selling them , which added somewhat to their credibility
    So I tried and tried but NOTHING would get anything aproximating music out of the MDF BOXES.
    And is this really a forum where calling another a liar tolerated?
    I have read several of your posts with their fuzzy logic and faulty reasoning processes,
    assuming that most think like you (they dont) and thats fine, babble on all you want
    about "choosing" between two different things (audio and video) and how great your microscopic 30in tv is but keep you insults and character assinations to yourself,
    you rude little boy, I have no patience for such crap

    And do you really think two hours is a long time to audition speakers? Explaines a lot
    If what you say is true, then you are in a very, very small minority. Paradigm makes very good speakers. I have never ever heard such, even from those who thought Paradigms where less than what they expected. You story just seems unbelieveable. Sorry.

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    Quote Originally Posted by pixelthis
    I didnt cash in my 401k to buy speakers, I cashed it in to pay bills.
    After a job change I was making 4 bucks an hour less, cashing in my 401k was the only option really.
    And while in a neighboring town taking training classes I dropped by likis audio
    in Birmingham, figuring after all of the crap I'd been through I deserved a little treat,
    and I had heard so much about these speakers, and I had a brochure, and I SO
    wanted to like em.
    And they sounded like crap, NOT JUST CRAP, BUT BAD CRAP
    One of the biggest disapointments in audio that I had ever had.
    I thought, "mayby its the blasted randy travis album he's playing", but nothing
    sounded good on these speakers.
    Anyway I wound up with a complete set of klipsch for 300 less that these two speakers,
    and a 37in tv, and a hugh tax bill from uncle sugar
    So what Paradigm speakers where they?

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    Quote Originally Posted by frenchmon
    If what you say is true, then you are in a very, very small minority. Paradigm makes very good speakers. I have never ever heard such, even from those who thought Paradigms where less than what they expected. You story just seems unbelieveable. Sorry.

    frenchmon
    This board has had its fair share of Paradigm detractors over the years, and I don't have any problem with different people having different preferences. But, even those past posters who hated Paradigm would still acknowledge that soundstage, depth, and/or spatiality are not weaknesses with those speakers. The other issues that they harped on were legitimate criticisms, given their preferences.

    I just found pixel's post not worth replying to because his description is so far out of touch with reality, short on specifics, and with no consideration on any other variables (i.e., listening to an unfamiliar CD with music he hates, room acoustics, front end issues, etc.). His subsequent replies only confirm to me that he's trolling.
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    Quote Originally Posted by pixelthis
    So I tried and tried but NOTHING would get anything aproximating music out of the MDF BOXES.
    As for me, I have no comment never having heard any Paradigm speakers. All the reviews I've read, however, are favorable. I've got some Polk RTi-35s in the HT system that sound pretty decent to me. A bit bright perhaps, but largely boxless sounding and nothing a bit of treble cut can't fix. Just curious though, as to what you have found to be the best sounding speaker for your tastes. If I could have any speaker, it would be ____________.

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    Quote Originally Posted by frenchmon
    So what Paradigm speakers where they?

    frenchmon
    A pair of bookshelfs that ran about 2,000' with a pair of stands extra.
    You can get a pair of nautilus speakers for that.
    I clump these speakers with axiom, polk, psb, and other "screwed together" speakers,
    they have no personality whatsoever.
    I have a pair of b&w dm305 floorstanders that beat the heck outta these paradigms
    Got em for 300 a pair on closeout, and are a floorstander version of the infamous
    dm302 bookshelves. No one beleives I got these for 300 bucks. They are currently my rears, I have a pair of 602s2's that blow the doors off of these paradigms, 500 bucks a
    pair. Sure if they had the sound then fine, but there is no new tech in these speakers,
    and nothing special about them.
    You can do a lot better for less
    And frenchmon I am an American, I go by what I perceive, not what a bunch of "reviews" say. Sure the reveiws got me in the room, these speakers had some good ones,
    but they couldnt live up to the hype
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    Quote Originally Posted by pixelthis
    A pair of bookshelfs that ran about 2,000' with a pair of stands extra.
    You can get a pair of nautilus speakers for that.
    I clump these speakers with axiom, polk, psb, and other "screwed together" speakers,
    they have no personality whatsoever.
    I have a pair of b&w dm305 floorstanders that beat the heck outta these paradigms
    Got em for 300 a pair on closeout, and are a floorstander version of the infamous
    dm302 bookshelves. No one beleives I got these for 300 bucks. They are currently my rears, I have a pair of 602s2's that blow the doors off of these paradigms, 500 bucks a
    pair. Sure if they had the sound then fine, but there is no new tech in these speakers,
    and nothing special about them.
    You can do a lot better for less
    And frenchmon I am an American, I go by what I perceive, not what a bunch of "reviews" say. Sure the reveiws got me in the room, these speakers had some good ones,
    but they couldnt live up to the hype
    I'm not aware of many speakers that aren't "screwed together".
    Nice find on the DM305's...so, you've spent $800 on your mains and rears, and $800 on your speaker and DVD cables...glad to see you've got your priorities straight.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kexodusc
    I'm not aware of many speakers that aren't "screwed together".
    Nice find on the DM305's...so, you've spent $800 on your mains and rears, and $800 on your speaker and DVD cables...glad to see you've got your priorities straight.
    I spent a lot more than 800$ on my cables.
    I had a set of klipsch that ran about 1700$ with the sub, but could'nt stand those titanium tweeters, I listen to a lot of music and fatigue was a problem.
    But a friend liked em so I traded them in order to get my B&W set back.
    A pair of 602-s2's, a CC3 center, and the DM305's, which I am using for rears.
    And a asw2500 with a blown plate amp, so I'm looking for one of those, no big hurry.
    The whole set with the sub ran about 2200$, all new except for the DM305'S, which were my first set of beemers used with a matching center, delegated to the rear when I got the
    602's
    The 600 series I got from selling an old mustang, the sub I got from winning 1500$
    at a local casino.
    The cables I got on the installment plan.
    Six monsters of varying quality for the SACD and dvdaudio.
    A DVI to HDMI adapter, and thats it for the DVD, except gor the dig audio
    A set of silver series each for the CD player and the vintage turntable.
    About 400$ for the other speakers, inc sub.
    And another six hundred or so for cables from the computer and cable/dvr box,
    various coax cables, not to mention running rg-6 all over the house, replacing the cheap cable crap with it, and the gigahertz splitters...
    Its not a question of "priorities" its a question of adding stuff as I can afford it, using the occasional windfall for something nice, next on the list is a decent set of amps,
    gonna take awhile.
    This is what a person who works for a living has to do.
    But there are some odd things about "bootstrapping" yourself into a better system,
    like realizing that 600$ worth of cables is running out of a 129$ samsung DVD player
    My last player cost a lot more and did less.
    Oh yeah, theres' the Sony DVD recorder, another 200 worth of cables at least....
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    Quote Originally Posted by Woochifer
    This board has had its fair share of Paradigm detractors over the years, and I don't have any problem with different people having different preferences. But, even those past posters who hated Paradigm would still acknowledge that soundstage, depth, and/or spatiality are not weaknesses with those speakers. The other issues that they harped on were legitimate criticisms, given their preferences.

    I just found pixel's post not worth replying to because his description is so far out of touch with reality, short on specifics, and with no consideration on any other variables (i.e., listening to an unfamiliar CD with music he hates, room acoustics, front end issues, etc.). His subsequent replies only confirm to me that he's trolling.
    Well I find his posting unbelievable aswell. I have my Monitor 7's V3 running paired with a Marantz 5500 and am listening to a Quartet West CD (Charlie Haden acoustic double bass, Ernie Watts Sax, Allen Broadbent piano, I forgot the drummers name) in direct mode. These speakers are great. They produce the music the way it was intended...no inhancments on the tweeter, mids, or woofers at all...these speakers are very accurate. Last night I watched the movies Slow Burn aswell as 300, the sound produced from teh speakers just made the physical speaker disapear and thats what you want...pure unadulterated sound the way it was ment.

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    Quote Originally Posted by pixelthis
    A pair of bookshelfs that ran about 2,000' with a pair of stands extra.
    You can get a pair of nautilus speakers for that.
    I clump these speakers with axiom, polk, psb, and other "screwed together" speakers,
    they have no personality whatsoever.
    I have a pair of b&w dm305 floorstanders that beat the heck outta these paradigms
    Got em for 300 a pair on closeout, and are a floorstander version of the infamous
    dm302 bookshelves. No one beleives I got these for 300 bucks. They are currently my rears, I have a pair of 602s2's that blow the doors off of these paradigms, 500 bucks a
    pair. Sure if they had the sound then fine, but there is no new tech in these speakers,
    and nothing special about them.
    You can do a lot better for less
    And frenchmon I am an American, I go by what I perceive, not what a bunch of "reviews" say. Sure the reveiws got me in the room, these speakers had some good ones,
    but they couldnt live up to the hype
    Well I find that your dis-like of the Paradigms very odd and unusual. From what you say about the size and cost, it sounds like you have the Signature S2 http://www.paradigm.com/en/reference...-1-32.paradigm
    I have heard nothing but great things about these speaker. Wonderful professional reviews.

    Well I guess you cant please everybody.

    frenchmon
    Last edited by frenchmon; 08-11-2007 at 05:21 PM.

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    I have heard those S2 on several occasions and they are fine speakers,to be sure.Don't see how anyone could dislike these speakers.

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    Quote Originally Posted by pixelthis
    A pair of bookshelfs that ran about 2,000' with a pair of stands extra.
    You can get a pair of nautilus speakers for that.
    I clump these speakers with axiom, polk, psb, and other "screwed together" speakers,
    they have no personality whatsoever.
    I have a pair of b&w dm305 floorstanders that beat the heck outta these paradigms
    Got em for 300 a pair on closeout, and are a floorstander version of the infamous
    dm302 bookshelves. No one beleives I got these for 300 bucks. They are currently my rears, I have a pair of 602s2's that blow the doors off of these paradigms, 500 bucks a
    pair. Sure if they had the sound then fine, but there is no new tech in these speakers,
    and nothing special about them.
    You can do a lot better for less
    And frenchmon I am an American, I go by what I perceive, not what a bunch of "reviews" say. Sure the reveiws got me in the room, these speakers had some good ones,
    but they couldnt live up to the hype
    Thanks for being specific...."a pair of bookshelfs that ran about $2,000". Is that their technical name in Lala land? I'd be curious to know your experience with PSB speakers since you lump them together with Polk. Tell me which line of the PSB's you had experience with and were you playing Randy Travis on them or did you expand your horizons and also include Garth Brooks?

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    Quote Originally Posted by PeruvianSkies
    Thanks for being specific...."a pair of bookshelfs that ran about $2,000". Is that their technical name in Lala land? I'd be curious to know your experience with PSB speakers since you lump them together with Polk. Tell me which line of the PSB's you had experience with and were you playing Randy Travis on them or did you expand your horizons and also include Garth Brooks?
    A local satelite installer received a bunch of high end equipment, right before they sold out
    and changed hands. They had some PSB and a few maggies, as well as a few marantz
    receivers and carey amps.
    the PSB sounded okay but seemed a little pricey for their build quality.
    as for Polk, their current mass produced crap is totally removed from the classic
    speakers they made when they first started. The PSB speakers I saw were similar to what polk was turning out.
    Axiom, psb, polk, infinity, they subcontract their drivers, usually getting them from a certain european manufactuer.
    As for the paradoxes I do beleive they were the "signiture series", more like the signiTURD
    series.
    Maybe they werent broken in or something, but they sure stank.
    But if some like these them more pwer to em.
    I am curious about what one poster said, however.
    Woochifer, if even those who hated these speakers talked about their "spaciality", soundstaging, and depth, them why did they hate them?
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    A local satelite installer received a bunch of high end equipment, right before they sold out
    and changed hands. They had some PSB and a few maggies, as well as a few marantz
    receivers and carey amps.
    Oh are those the amps made by Jim Carrey?

    the PSB sounded okay but seemed a little pricey for their build quality.
    as for Polk, their current mass produced crap is totally removed from the classic
    speakers they made when they first started. The PSB speakers I saw were similar to what polk was turning out.
    Axiom, psb, polk, infinity, they subcontract their drivers, usually getting them from a certain european manufactuer.
    PSB uses the same drivers as Infinity ? That must be why the sound totally not the same.


    As for the paradoxes I do beleive they were the "signiture series", more like the signiTURD
    series.
    Paradoxes? You are so caught up in this lie that you can't even remember the correct name of the speaker. Ahem...it's Paradigm.

    I didnt cash in my 401k to buy speakers, I cashed it in to pay bills.
    After a job change I was making 4 bucks an hour less, cashing in my 401k was the only option really.
    And while in a neighboring town taking training classes I dropped by likis audio
    in Birmingham, figuring after all of the crap I'd been through I deserved a little treat,
    and I had heard so much about these speakers, and I had a brochure, and I SO
    wanted to like em.
    And they sounded like crap, NOT JUST CRAP, BUT BAD CRAP
    As opposed to GOOD CRAP...is that what you eat for breakfast?

    One of the biggest disapointments in audio that I had ever had.
    I thought, "mayby its the blasted randy travis album he's playing", but nothing
    sounded good on these speakers.
    Anyway I wound up with a complete set of klipsch for 300 less that these two speakers,
    and a 37in tv, and a hugh tax bill from uncle sugar
    Is that the same uncle that introduced you to the 'raincoat club'???

    You know I am really getting tired of you. After cashing in a 20,000 $ 401k I was going to treat myself to some new speakers, and had heard such glowing reports on them, and here was a local audio legend selling them , which added somewhat to their credibility
    So I tried and tried but NOTHING would get anything aproximating music out of the MDF BOXES.
    And is this really a forum where calling another a liar tolerated?
    I have read several of your posts with their fuzzy logic and faulty reasoning processes,
    assuming that most think like you (they dont) and thats fine, babble on all you want
    about "choosing" between two different things (audio and video) and how great your microscopic 30in tv is but keep you insults and character assinations to yourself,
    you rude little boy, I have no patience for such crap

    And do you really think two hours is a long time to audition speakers? Explaines a lot
    Sorry that my microscopic 30in TV isn't good enough for you. 2 hours is long enough to audition something if it doesn't sound good and it's about 119 minutes too long if I am listening to Randy Travis.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PeruvianSkies
    Oh are those the amps made by Jim Carrey?



    PSB uses the same drivers as Infinity ? That must be why the sound totally not the same.


    Paradoxes? You are so caught up in this lie that you can't even remember the correct name of the speaker. Ahem...it's Paradigm.



    As opposed to GOOD CRAP...is that what you eat for breakfast?



    Is that the same uncle that introduced you to the 'raincoat club'???



    Sorry that my microscopic 30in TV isn't good enough for you. 2 hours is long enough to audition something if it doesn't sound good and it's about 119 minutes too long if I am listening to Randy Travis.
    I called them "paradoxes" as a joke, something you probably dont get, not having a sense
    of humour.
    it IS a paradox as to why these crap speakers are so popular however.
    And a LOT of speaker manufacturers contract out their drivers, to their specs, but someone else makes them, this allows one huge manufacturer to achieve
    economies of scale, something someone living in a third world country
    probably would'nt understand, which why it IS a third world country.
    As for the "raincoat crowd" this is the type that wears a raincoat to a porno theater,
    why do you have such an obsession with this bunch of perverts, do you feel some sort of kinship?
    And finally "uncle sugar" is what we who hate the welfare state call the current united states, if you ever move up here you be will be introduced to him, as you will probably not be able to hold down a job
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    As for your "30 in tv" I had one of those, a samsung "tau" series.
    Its the same basic 30in tv made in a few places, but to each individual companies
    specs.
    phillips, sanyo, samsung, and others all sell the 30in crt hdtv, all of the jacks and controls are in the same similar places, some have more features, some a better grade of tube but they are all basically the same
    Mine was pretty good, but theres' better out there
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    Quote Originally Posted by pixelthis
    As for your "30 in tv" I had one of those, a samsung "tau" series.
    Its the same basic 30in tv made in a few places, but to each individual companies
    specs.
    phillips, sanyo, samsung, and others all sell the 30in crt hdtv, all of the jacks and controls are in the same similar places, some have more features, some a better grade of tube but they are all basically the same
    Mine was pretty good, but theres' better out there
    There's better out there? No way. And here all this time I thought I had the best of the best. Geesh. I guess I can mark today down as learning something new. How much do I owe you for that gem of knowledge?

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    Quote Originally Posted by pixelthis
    I called them "paradoxes" as a joke, something you probably dont get, not having a sense
    of humour.
    it IS a paradox as to why these crap speakers are so popular however.
    And a LOT of speaker manufacturers contract out their drivers, to their specs, but someone else makes them, this allows one huge manufacturer to achieve
    economies of scale, something someone living in a third world country
    probably would'nt understand, which why it IS a third world country.
    As for the "raincoat crowd" this is the type that wears a raincoat to a porno theater,
    why do you have such an obsession with this bunch of perverts, do you feel some sort of kinship?
    And finally "uncle sugar" is what we who hate the welfare state call the current united states, if you ever move up here you be will be introduced to him, as you will probably not be able to hold down a job
    I guess you would have us discredit these for your?


    http://www.paradigm.com/en/pdf/revie...review_244.pdf

    http://www.paradigm.com/en/pdf/revie...review_248.pdf

    http://www.paradigm.com/en/pdf/revie...review_250.pdf

    http://www.paradigm.com/en/pdf/revie...review_249.pdf

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    That looks like the speaker I saw, a Nautilus wanna-be right down to the cabinet
    shape, Its a wonder they didn't mount the tweeter on top.
    But they got the price right, you'd HAVE to be insane to buy these speakers when you can get Natilus (or at least b&w) for the same price.
    And I dont care if you "discredit" these representatives of the marketing machine that is the modern media, and you can post links to reviews until eruvian grows a brain,
    but these speakers will STILL sound like crap.
    All day long
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    Quote Originally Posted by pixelthis
    That looks like the speaker I saw, a Nautilus wanna-be right down to the cabinet
    shape, Its a wonder they didn't mount the tweeter on top.
    But they got the price right, you'd HAVE to be insane to buy these speakers when you can get Natilus (or at least b&w) for the same price.
    And I dont care if you "discredit" these representatives of the marketing machine that is the modern media, and you can post links to reviews until eruvian grows a brain,
    but these speakers will STILL sound like crap.
    All day long
    Shows you have not a clue. Heres the Nautilus. And it looks nothing like the Paradigm.

    http://www.bowers-wilkins.com/displa...729&terid=2003

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    Quote Originally Posted by pixelthis
    That looks like the speaker I saw, a Nautilus wanna-be right down to the cabinet
    shape, Its a wonder they didn't mount the tweeter on top.
    But they got the price right, you'd HAVE to be insane to buy these speakers when you can get Natilus (or at least b&w) for the same price.
    And I dont care if you "discredit" these representatives of the marketing machine that is the modern media, and you can post links to reviews until eruvian grows a brain,
    but these speakers will STILL sound like crap.
    All day long
    I suppose you are trying to say the Paradigm looks like this

    http://www.bowers-wilkins.com/displa...096&terid=1107

    But they have very different features. You are pushing hate for the Paridigm brand becasue you are bias toward B&W. I happen to like Paradigm better, but I do think B&W makes a good product. Unlike you, I wont trash either company.

    frenchmon

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    For the most part, just about every speaker looks pretty darn similar with some exceptions. Like the Nautilus, which looks like something out of the year 2323, or the oHm speakers. But 90% of the speakers out there all fall into a similar format in terms of the way they look, so it's kinda hard to be THAT different with it. Now, just because they all look similar that certainly doesn't mean they all sound the same as all of us are clearly aware of the vast array of sounds that can range from different speakers, even the ones that look identical.

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    Quote Originally Posted by frenchmon
    Shows you have not a clue. Heres the Nautilus. And it looks nothing like the Paradigm.

    http://www.bowers-wilkins.com/displa...729&terid=2003

    frenchmon
    You're the one without the clue, those speakers your link refers to are the top of the line
    B&W, BUT THIS TECH is used is most all of their speakers, my plain jane 602-s2's
    have natilus tweeters.
    Look at the paracrap " housing, noticed its rounded slightly, this is classic B&W
    This is what I was reffering to, actually more like their speakers of a few years ago,
    like their older style natilus bookshelves.
    Nautilus tweeters, btw, improve imaging with tapered waveguides disperse extraneous
    sound, and they work like a charm, imaging is some of the best I have heard on a pair of speakers.
    Anyway thanks for the picture of my dream speaker, if I ever hit the lottery....
    LG 42", integra 6.9, B&W 602s2, CC6 center, dm305rears, b&w
    sub asw2500
    Panny DVDA player
    sharp Aquos BLU player
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    Quote Originally Posted by pixelthis
    You're the one without the clue, those speakers your link refers to are the top of the line
    B&W, BUT THIS TECH is used is most all of their speakers, my plain jane 602-s2's
    have natilus tweeters.
    Look at the paracrap " housing, noticed its rounded slightly, this is classic B&W
    This is what I was reffering to, actually more like their speakers of a few years ago,
    like their older style natilus bookshelves.
    Nautilus tweeters, btw, improve imaging with tapered waveguides disperse extraneous
    sound, and they work like a charm, imaging is some of the best I have heard on a pair of speakers.
    Anyway thanks for the picture of my dream speaker, if I ever hit the lottery....
    The 602's are a far cry from the Nautilus speaker though, even if it does have the same tweeter.

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    Quote Originally Posted by frenchmon
    I suppose you are trying to say the Paradigm looks like this

    http://www.bowers-wilkins.com/displa...096&terid=1107

    But they have very different features. You are pushing hate for the Paridigm brand becasue you are bias toward B&W. I happen to like Paradigm better, but I do think B&W makes a good product. Unlike you, I wont trash either company.

    frenchmon
    Whos trashing anybody? Paradigm might make some good speakers, but they certainly
    didnt impress me with the presentation I heard.
    Some might dislike B&w, thats fine, but I think they're nice, and their sound rescued
    me when I was about to give up this hobby.
    Paradigm might make a good pair of speakers, but the ones I heard certainly werent,
    and, heck, you can get a LOT of speaker for 2,000 bucks, and these sapsuckers
    didnt even meet the HTIB speaker bar.
    They were made out of nice materials, but the end result was Crap!
    LG 42", integra 6.9, B&W 602s2, CC6 center, dm305rears, b&w
    sub asw2500
    Panny DVDA player
    sharp Aquos BLU player
    pronto remote, technics antique direct drive TT
    Samsung SACD/DVDA player
    emotiva upa-2 two channel amp

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    pixelthis = clueless moron of the year.

    Dude, the more you talk the more obvious it is that you've probably never stepped foot in an audio store, and you probably have a $300 Sony HTIB system.

    Quit making stuff up, you just look like a total ass, you're not impressing anybody, and nobody believes you. Give it up.

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