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I've spent just over $3600 for a receiver and Mains, Center, surrounds, and a sub. That's a lot of money for me.
Also remember though that you're driving these with a receiver. Very few recievers will really grab hold of speakers and show what they'll do the same way a good power amplifier will. Even so, I think the ST's would be a big step up for you. Bryan
Quote from: bpape on 19 Feb 2009, 08:34 pm Also remember though that you're driving these with a receiver. Very few recievers will really grab hold of speakers and show what they'll do the same way a good power amplifier will. Even so, I think the ST's would be a big step up for you. Bryan"I most highly suspect your major problem is the Denon Receiver."I really do appreciate all of the help here. I'd like to clear up a few things.I have no doubt that Denon makes a quality product. I have no doubt that 100 watts per channel is fine when I hear from the designer and the builder. It's statements like above from earlier in this thread that caused the discussion to touch on this issue. Not I.I am not hear to be "convinced" that I should buy a pair of ST's. I already learned that being on a dedicated forum can more than sway you towards a purchase. Every dedicated forum is excited about their choice. "If you don't like bright, don't get Rocket's or Studio 100's. The tweeter on the new 100's is definitely a little bright IMO, and the Rocket 850s have always been a touch bright to my ears. I prefer a little top end zing, but not too much. Tyson made some good recommendations all well."I thought Rockets were considered on the warm side and always spoken of as being warmer than the M80's. And now the ST's are warmer than the Rockets. I was considering going for the great Rocket pkg. that is presently going on."Salk speakers aren't bright. All the above mentioned speakers are fine but would be put in the "warm" category, they do not have the resolving characteristics and neutrality of the Salks. Some people prefer a "warm" presentation."ST's are warmer then both M80's and Rockets, yet are not considered warm speakers. "Also, it was mentioned that you may want to post on another forum so that you'd get less biased answers"Uh, I never said that or implied that. It's funny how some things are read on forums and misinterpreted.Looking forward to hear Evans ST's side by side with these M80's. If anything it will make for a great post for future readers at this site.
First off, apologies are in order. This has been a very stressful ordeal. I ordered an entire set-up when I should have just checked the towers first. Now I have a lot of money sitting here. I ordered through the Factory Outlet Store which saved me some money but also gave me a 3-4 week wait. That just gave me time to constantly second guess my decision. This just gave me reson to ask more questions at the Axiom Forum. The got tired of me over there. Everytime someone mentioned that they were bright I would refer them to that post. They started giving me grief. Maybe I deserved it. I don't know. The day my speakers were to be shipped I changed the order from their EP350 to an EP500. Caused another week delay. The day they were ready again I almost cancelled to get the current Rocket special. I just freak out over that company's operation. (Yes I am very aware of what's going on there)And now I sit here with these.Sorry if I repeated myself with any of this. The point I was trying to make is that often times everyone misunderstands on forums. I am guilty of that in this forum so I would like to apologize if I have offended anyone here. I couldn't bare to get more grief here because of my stupidity.I dabble in PA gear. I originally bout a powered mixer to drive a pair of speakers. The day I bought a separate amp to patch into the system there was a great deal of improvement. A sense of fullness or something. I would imagine the same thing with audio. I really wish that I could have at least gone for the 3808 with the pre-outs. But I couldn't and I'll just hope that this 2309 will do the job (at least for now).This started out just to listen to the ST's. Bringing the M80's was an afterthought that Evan so graciously agreed to. I'll have to bring my receiver along and we'll see if we can get that in the mix to.I'm pretty excited. It's great to read about these shootouts. I'll actually be part of one. Looking forward to it. (Just have to hope that Evan is not regretting this decision after reading all this crap )