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My opinion: don't look for a good speaker

Look for a good system: system gestalt is far more important than any good speaker.

Too many people look around for great deals on highly regarded speakers and then wonder why their music doesn't sound the way they want it. Then, they declare their speakers as "bad," - and go off and buy more speakers, creating an endless, and expensive cycle of "wrong" purchases and emphasis. Again, IMO, I find it amazingly ironic the amount of financial investment that goes into speaker purchases to the detriment of mating the right speaker with the right amplication, cables, and sources; with the end result being poor overall gestalt. It's not necessarily a financial thing, but I can't tell you how many people by $10K speakers and think that they're going to have great music with $1,500 amps and Monster cable.... If you're not thinking that your amps will cost double your speakers, - you're probably not realizing the value of your amplification.


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