Re: introductory high end audio buying guide

bector.online@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> Hi
>  I have owned a bose system for several years and I am finally
> beginning to feel that I am growing out of it. Its good for home
> theater but doesnt give me the *full* sound that I expect for music.
> Anyway, I am looking at spending some money to buy a nice stereo
> system (a good pair of speaker, an amp and maybe a pre-amp). Can
> anyone recommend me to a book or a set of articles which walk you
> through some technicals and some suggestions on how to go about
> picking stuff. My budget is upto about 5k altho if I can find
> something for less than 3k, its better :)

> Thanks

> - Rajeev

start by going here and spending $20 for a copy of the 
2006 article by Floyd Toole, "Loudspeakers and Rooms for Sound
Reproduction. A Scientific Review"

http://www.aes.org/e-lib/browse.cfm?elib=13686

Don't bother with the clowns at Absolute Sound,
except as entertainment.

-- 
-S 
maybe they wanna rock.
maybe they need to rock.
Maybe it's for the money?  But That's none of our business..our business
as fans is to rock 
with them.