RGA,
thanks for the kind offer, but tuesday is the day after i finish my graveyard shift. Would be too tired. I do not doubt the J's ability at all. There were many things I heard in recordings that I simply never heard. What the! that was part of this song? However, it's true that I was expecting 30 somewhat hertz to sound lower than what I heard. Despite this, I found the sound most rewarding. I didnt want to end my hour long session with them. But to be fair to the rest of the speakers, I did. Paul said I could drop a deposit to place them on hold so then I did. One thing I like about soundhounds is that they dont have a real policy. Just like your K trade ins and my hold is flexible. They dont push any written policy of how many % of the merchandise for X number of weeks hold. He said himself that policies dont work for everyone.

I'm not sure which guy was Terry. It was a pretty relaxed day and most of the staff spent their time lounging around chatting and serving the occational customer that came in. A total of maybe 5 customers came in all day while I was there (at least I think). Didnt see the jukebox anywhere though. The used section was cluttered as usual. Paul said that all the speakers were in no terms as good as the K. Saw a tannoy and some other brands I wasnt too interested in. Dont think they got anything thing good ever since you went there last.

Because of my lack of music selection, I had to make due with any music I had at home. This is the list here.
1. Tin Tin Deo, Oscar Peterson meets Roy Hargrove and Ralph Moore
2. Fallen, Sarah Mclachlan
3. Bring me to life, Evanescence
4. Klimblim, Don Ross
5. Cole's Song, Julian Lennon
6. One O'clock Jump, Count Basie
7. All of me, Count Basie
8. Hannah Jane, Hootie and the Blowfish
9. Billy Jean, Michael Jackson
10. The song is you, Frank Sinatra
11. Some sort of canon by the Canadian Brass
12. Beethoven 6th (5-6 min worth from the start)
13. I've got a Rock'n'roll heart, Eric Clapton

9-13 on vinyl, the rest on CD. It might not be the "audiophile's choice" for audition music, but let's face it. It's stuff I like! and I think that's what really matters!

I think I might just end up going for this deal rather than making it myself. Although the grill holes make the speaker look good looking than its newer counterpart, I think it will be quite useful against dust and just in case one of my little cousins come over.

Well, looks like I'm into the Audio Note band wagon now. i first heard AN from you here on the AudioReview. Checked out their website and said to myself "what the heck...this website sux...where are the products? what's with all this level stuff? why are the speakers so plain and 70s?" Hearing more of your rant and rave, I felt that maybe they are worth trying out just for the hell of it. Shelling out that much money really gives me a heartache though. That's a lot of cash. Hell, I'm not gonna tell anyone how much I will have paid for them. Afraid of the lecture and all that. Especially the plain look will really throw them off guard. To those who dont know hifi, good looks and size count a lot. For some reason, to them, a large speaker sounds and costs more than any small ones. If they saw the plain box of AN, they would have guessed it was a DIY 200 speaker. I mean I was gonna chip in with a bunch of friends to get another friend a pair of Energy C-1s for bout 220cdn. Their response was "WHAT? that expensive?" My response was "WHAT? you should see what I have my eye out for. " A close friend also said I was wasting money on stuff that I would be leaving at home. Why not get something you could show off or something? Like a car with a nice sound system? 1) I dont feel the need to impress anyone. 2) car sound is never nice in my experience 3) the time I spend in a car is probably small fraction of the time I spend home. 20Gs for a modified used sports compact car is ok, but a few thousand on high fidelity sound reproduction isnt. Different priorities I guess, but double standards nonetheless.