[Prairie]

Oh how glad I am to have found this place...

...a few days late.

I had been browsing around the A/V forums looking for decent Stereo advice but, of course, I ran in to the same old "stereo is dead" crowd.

I am a regular Head-Fi poster and, based on a few reccomendations I read there, I purchased the Pioneer Elite A-35R for $200. I'll be feeding it with a Rotel RCD-955 AX CD player that I snagged for cheap.

Still, I had to purchase speakers. To tell you the truth I was sick of being told that the only speakers in the ~ $400 range worth my time were Axiom/Aperion and other speakers which appeal highly to the 7.1 channel home theatre crowd. That is when I ran in to Selah Audio.

Last night I sent my order in for the Hiddenite's in cherry- even though I saw no reviews, the information is fairly scarce, and it was slightly out of my budget, I just had a great feeling about the company and I feel good supporting a handcrafted speaker maker. To wire it all together I purchased cables from Blue Jean's Cable.

After finding this forum I discovered a plethora of ~ $400 options for amplification and was just wondering if anyone had any input on the A-35R that I purchased. I read a bunch of good things about it and the elite series in general so I still think I will be satisfied (if even briefly) with the A-35R.

Also, does anyone have any experience with the Hiddenites? I see the Selah Forum is here but I couldn't find any feedback on them in particular.

(This place is almost as bad as Head-Fi, I discovered the SqueezeBox through here and I had another $300 missing out of my pocket ten minutes later )


Thanks!

Philip

[CornellAlum]

Well now you need to send that sb3 to Wayne or Vinnie, and part with some more $$$

They appeal to the HT crowd because they are cheap and look good, and sound OK.  The HT crowd has listened to very little equiptment in general, so they speak of what they know.  

I think you will be much happier in the long run with your purchase from selah.  

Have fun!

PS.  I know nothing about your amp.

[opnly bafld]

Don't know about the Pioneer, but I have a pair of Rick's speakers and have heard them with both a HT rec and  higher quality separates.
With th HT rec compared them to some Energy speakers and the Energy's sounded almost as good.
But when compared on the higher end stuff the Selah's really shone.