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In Reply to: My opinion: don't look for a good speaker posted by Sordidman on March 18, 2007 at 09:23:14:
This a good point - I don't disagree with the gestalt thing and have heard it first hand - some matches are much better than others. However in my experience, albeit more limited than many audio enthusiasts, the speakers to me seem to make the most difference. First case in point - I have amplified my current Totem Hawks with several different beasts from a $500 NAD to a $5,000 Classe to a few well-regarded tube amps and couldn't hear much a difference except my current amp seems to get the most out of the bass frequencies. I have had similar experiences with cables and frankly don't buy most of the hype around cables - maybe it's my ears but when I test different cables I find that I am talking myself into hearing differences that deep down I don't believe I am actually hearing. All of this has led me to believe I am getting about all I can get out of my Totems and I am not satisfied. Second case in point, I recently spent the better part of an afternoon at a local dealer and we played with a lot of different speakers for awhile and the differences were obvious to my ear, then for fun I asked him to switch the amplification so we could A/B on the same speakers. I had a very hard time hearing significant differences, even between tubes and SS amps, even across some major price gaps.
In addition, my source and amp work for me from a convenience and location perspective so I kind of need to build a system around them, even if it's not getting 100% out of the system. I have a ton of music and no storage for CD's so the music server is really the only solution for me plus I tried to A/B as best I could the server vs some good, dedicated players and could not hear a difference. The amp needs to be in a poorly ventilated cabinet and the Meridian runs very cool and shuts down to standby after a period of non-use and it provides a lot of power and current when needed.I won't buy until I audition in my home with my gear so I will know if I am getting an upgrade in sound or not when used with my current gear. Maybe I'll end up sticking with what I've got for the very reason you bring up. I'll keep you posted....
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