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In Reply to: RE: thoughts on upgrading my Totem M1S posted by Luminator on August 27, 2014 at 11:18:16:
Hi Lummy,
Very valid points on all counts, as it was while reading your post here, as well as your blog several years ago, that caused me to rethink about said time in 1993, where I had initially became impressed with the original Model 1s, but in 2010 as I set here thinking about getting a pair for myself that I found on Audiogon listed at $700/pr, and having just purchased the Devore Gibbon 3s in November 2009, and having just purchased another one of your old favorites in the ProAc Response One SCs in 2010, I merely sat there thinking,,how on earth can I afford Sound Anchors 3 Post Monitors Stands for three different pairs of Mini-Monitors, and told the owner of said Totems to just cancel his trip to my home, and keep the $100 deposited I had on them.
To my surprise upon getting these last November, I was shocked to see that they had in fact fit the Sound Anchors better then the Gibbon 3s, and had I known, or better yet pursued them at that time, I'd have avoided the funds spent on both Response One SCs, as well as the Gibbon 3s, as I now feel that I've found what has been " my sound " all alone.
In hindsight, memories are there for a reason, and it shows that while a friend and I've continued to day to have talked about what we both heard back in '93, with baited breath and so much passion, has finally found its way into my life, and has made me feel complete in only ways I felt that only my wife had, but in the back of my mind, I too know my journey ends with a pair of said 20th Anniversary Editions in the new year............., stay turned.
And Lummy, it just goes to prove a very very very important point, regardless of ones cultural differences, there are times where we can either hear the Beauty of some components, while some might not?, yet in the end, it should be first and foremost about how one weighs Musicality on a whole, while some can hear similar beauty or purity, others seek more of a sound, which to my mind/heart has very little to do with being emotionally moved to tears, but the actual playback performances as rendered so accurately by these dated speakers, which time has long forgotten, much in the same manner as Quad ESL 57s or any variant of the LS 3/5As where something's might've been missing at the very low end reproduction wise, but they had/have such a human element to them it's scary to look at which directions speakers have gone, in regards to mere sound versus purity of notes.
I for one wish to thank you for reminding me of how much I had/have enjoyed these speakers since way back then, and even more so how that they've found a permanent place in my heart.
Great call/ears on this one.
Regards,
O_o scar
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- RE: thoughts on upgrading my Totem M1S - el34eh@yahoo.com 11:46:03 08/27/14 (1)
- Sigh, 1993... - Luminator 12:42:25 08/27/14 (0)
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