On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:44:19 -0700, Lunaray wrote
(in article <Cs-dndupc_QHFLranZ2dnUVZ_u-unZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>):
>> I won't argue that point (because it's true), but I don't think you're
>> there
>> yet. The Rotel amp and pre-amp are probably fine, but you definitely
need
>> some better speakers. The ESS speakers weren't very good when they were
>> new.
>> If you have the models with the Heil "Air Motion Transformer" tweeter,
the
>> top end wasn't bad, but the rest of the speaker was really third-rate.
>
> Speakers are a subjective thing, I've been to the snobby audiophile
stores
> and I've hung out in their listening rooms with all the plush furniture
and
> the expensive art hanging on the walls and I've listened to the best
speaker
> systems they had, stuff that I could never afford and I wasn't all that
> impressed. I've never heard anything that can compare to my Air Motion
> Transformers. Yeah, okay, the low end may be a little weak, but my M&K
> subwoofer makes up for that. The im****tant thing is what sounds good to
the
> listener, it was love at first sound with my AMT's and I feel so lucky
to
> have bought them before ESS went out of business. I don't think there's
> anything available anymore that uses the Heil AMT, least not here in the
US,
> maybe Europe. Too bad, not many people even know what I'm talking
about.
> Maybe someday some manufacturer will rediscover the beauty of AMT's, but
> maybe too, their not for everyone, but they're certainly right for me.
>
>
While there's certainly no accounting for taste, and far be it from me to
dissuade you from enjoying your system, but perhaps you should listen to
more
live, unamplified music, 'Nuff said.
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