JA>        I don't see that many big names in the audio business
JA>talking
JA>about flat response and other such "outdated" thinking and
JA>goals. Just
JA>bring on the doodads, gizmos, tweaks, technobabble and
JA>powered subs
JA>and pounding sounds below 35 MHz and we shall proclaim it
JA>"Great
JA>Music".
JA>        I have full range towers and enjoy them very much.
JA>But I once
JA>heard a pair of ACI Sapphire bookshelfs set up perfectly,
JA>pushed by a 
JA>small
JA>British integrated pre/amp and a $500 Marantz CD player,
JA>playing
JA>a chamber music CD (cannot remember title etc.) and it was
JA>the
JA>most beautiful thing I have ever heard in my life!!! But then
JA>again
JA>I have always marched to a different drummer/violin, anyway.
JA>        I doubt many young people have ever paused long
JA>enough to
JA>really listen to symphony music or anything so beautiful as a
JA>stringed quartet, and realize it is possible to enjoy
JA>something
JA>so uncool. Its' a shame, too. They are missing so much.
JA>        Unfortunately too, many audio manufacturers seemed
JA>headed
JA>in the same direction.
JA>Cheers, John
 
JA>        
 
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I know that's right.  I may not listen exclusively to symphony but when I do,
I want that sound, man.  My old AR-3a speaker, converted to the now archaic
11a speakers, really get that sound for strings.  But also piano (Horowitz on
vinyl) and jazz sounds (Old Mingus records utilizing the the state-of-the-art
RCA microphones all listed out on the album jackets) and such.  "Hi-fi" was
the term.
I suppose my system would still be considered state-of-the-art for vinyl, no
CD.  I do notice vast differences wuen playing CD's as opposed to records.
Records sound like the players are on a miniature stage right in front of me.
 CD's sound too up front, out of perspective for lack of a better term.
Unfortunately for me, there just aren't enough current artists I'm interested
on CD to make tremendous "upgrades" to my system.  I still have 300
watts/channel if I ever need it.  And the speaker clip at about 150 watt
peaks.  But, I know what you mean.  All the standards I grew up with are now
non-existent and systems are made, perhaps, for the thrill and not accuracy.
Maybe "accuracy" is a nebulous term now, also.
- Pedit Ver 2.2
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