RE: $26,000. Good luck.

Posted by BillH (A) on August 28, 2014 at 06:25:54

In Reply to: RE: $26,000. Good luck. posted by David Smith on August 28, 2014 at 06:01:02:

I know. Most of us here could build a very good "A" system and maybe a "B" and "C" and well.

But the similarity of this design to the KLH, for example, reminded me of how Kloss and others were bent on integrating components into the home. The famous Six was designed to sit on the floor, against a wall, and not intrude into living space.

Today's speakers, whether large or not, have gotten so tweaky and placement critical that we're back to their dominating the space. True, there are more dedicated listening rooms in today's gigantic houses than in the 1950s, but a $26,000 system today would likely include speakers that are very finicky about placement.

We've also gotten more finicky ourselves, demanding a realistic sound stage rather than speakers with pronounced left-right effects for replaying records of trains or cannon shots.

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Topic - Ran across this interesting rig - BillH 06:21:19 08/27/14 (18)

$26,000. Good luck. - jusbe 17:31:57 08/27/14 (6)

RE: $26,000. Good luck. - David Smith 06:01:02 08/28/14 (5)

RE: $26,000. Good luck. - BillH 06:25:54 08/28/14 (4)

The thing is, I like it. - jusbe 01:14:35 08/29/14 (3)

RE: The thing is, I like it. - David Smith 06:26:28 08/29/14 (2)

I think you're right. - jusbe 12:08:02 09/01/14 (1)

I don't know... actually not that bad for "bench made" - dogwan 18:11:49 09/01/14 (0)

Very cool - David Smith 12:14:46 08/27/14 (0)

RE: Ran across this interesting rig - David Lawrence 12:08:37 08/27/14 (0)

That was featured on an inside back page - M3 lover 12:01:58 08/27/14 (0)

read more here.. - dogwan 11:21:56 08/27/14 (0)

The speakers mounted on the turntable cann't be good. NT. - ABliss 08:26:28 08/27/14 (3)

Sub-woofer in the pedestal too.... nt - dogwan 11:23:27 08/27/14 (0)

RE: The speakers mounted on the turntable cann't be good. NT. - BillH 09:18:20 08/27/14 (1)

RE: The speakers mounted on the turntable cann't be good. NT. - Crazy Dave 09:28:56 08/27/14 (0)

RE: Ran across this interesting rig - spindoctor 06:34:39 08/27/14 (1)

RE: Ran across this interesting rig - BillH 07:49:20 08/27/14 (0)

RE: Ran across this interesting rig - mjcmt 06:29:11 08/27/14 (0)

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RE: $26,000. Good luck. - BillH 06:25:54 08/28/14 (4)

The thing is, I like it. - jusbe 01:14:35 08/29/14 (3)

RE: The thing is, I like it. - David Smith 06:26:28 08/29/14 (2)

I think you're right. - jusbe 12:08:02 09/01/14 (1)

I don't know... actually not that bad for "bench made" - dogwan 18:11:49 09/01/14 (0)

RE: $26,000. Good luck.

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