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Sep 14, 2003 | 01:43 PM

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I've been google-ing today and I think im going with Boston's. Kinda pricey but not bad compared to Klipsch or McIntosh thats for sure. And I am definately not going with home theater speakers.

Ralph-If you have been watching Making of the Band 2 with Puff daddy. My studio will look similar to that sans the mic booth. That I will use my shower for . As for renting, nah. I'll hook you up, You can drop beats if you want. Im cool. It's just too many good artist here in Hawaii are backed by some tired *** tracks. Dr.Dre cant make all the money.

-scu

Cool your gonna have a real studio, Im more used to the four track thing and the this crappy little Boss Dr202 drum machine but wouldnt mind seeing what its like to be spoiled. Keep us in the know please.

Sep 14, 2003 | 04:26 PM

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mx_9- Im going to listen to them sometime this week. Video Life on Auahi St. seems to be the only dealer in the state. As for the Prestige line speakers. If they have them there, im gonna listen to em, then proceede to put hundreds of fingerprints all over them!

Sep 14, 2003 | 09:35 PM

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Vandersteens are excellent speakers, and depending on the model they might not break the bank. i've got 2CEs in my living room, along with Vandersteen monitors for the rear channel of my home theater system. even the Vandersteen 1s are better than most any other speaker i've listened too.

Sep 15, 2003 | 05:36 AM

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Vandersteens are definitely good speakers. I don't think they do bookshelves or studio monitors, though.

Sep 15, 2003 | 10:17 AM

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Vandersteen does do bookshelves, and i think that they also do monitors. i think that the monitor model is the VLR.

Sep 15, 2003 | 11:22 AM

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Ah, yes. I stand corrected. I checked their website and found the (VLM) bookshelves. Thanks for correcting me.

Chris

Sep 15, 2003 | 01:56 PM

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look into paradigm speakers....they are entry level HI-FI at affordable prices...... I know they have a set for $2000 that won 2nd place in a worlwide speaker contest,......only to lose to an $80,000 speaker set...... so you save $78,000 and have insanely clean sound...

BTW I have Paradigm monitor 5's with yamaha amps..... and Paradigm 10' ported sub....and LOVE MY STEREO TO death.....

OH, here is the site... http://www.paradigm.com

Sep 15, 2003 | 03:40 PM

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OK, to further hijack this thread

I can see why you love your system...nice setup. I've got the B&W DM630's powered by either my surround setup (Marantz SR-18) or my Adcom preamp/tuner and Acurus amp. I have the NHT SUB-Two Sub (2-10" drivers powered by an internal 500w amp). When surround kicks in it goes through a NHT Center and Super One rears. God, I love this stuff!

Scubaru: Update us after you've checked everything out.

Sep 15, 2003 | 10:59 PM

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I guess I picked the right name for this thread...you guys ARE fanatics!

woooooo woooooo!

-scu

Sep 16, 2003 | 02:52 AM

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speakers has a preference. You really need to listen to various brands and decide what YOU prefer. Don't buy speakers because someone else decided they were "the best". If you can't hear the difference, don't pay the difference.

San

Sep 16, 2003 | 07:52 AM

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Stay away from mainstream brands. That is the best advice someone can give you.

B&W, Sound Dynamics RTS-3's, and PSB Alpha's are reasonably priced and sound excellent. And these are only the bookshelf models.

But no matter how good they sound, placement is everything!

Then there is the matter of cables, amp, preamp, speaker wire, D/A convertor.... the list goes on. Sometimes I wonder why I spend so much on this stuff for such minute gains