"S888Wheel" wrote in message

I said


That sounds like a hell of a system for the money.


Arny said


Focus on that word: "hell".

I said


So you think this system wouls sound anything less than excellent?

Arny said


IME Vandersteens are kinda inefficient to be well-matched to your
typical thermionic figurative peanut-whistle.



I said


Not an answer to the question. I'll guess you haven't heard this
system. So what is your experience with the Vandersteeens?

I said


Vandersteen 2Ces, with the Jolida amp and CD player? Have you ever
heard this combo?

Arny said


Hey, its the old mix and match components until you find something
that someone has never heard and then claim unique knowledge game.
It's an old newsgroup gambit. Lame.


I said


IOW no. I figured as much. Yet you claim it sounds like hell.

I said


Have you ever heard the Vandersteens?

Arny said


I've heard Vandersteens on several occasions, though only with amps
that matched their modest efficiency.


I said


How did they sound to you? Like hell?


Arny said


No, they sounded pretty good, but like I said they were used with
amplifiers that had enough power, not the peanut whistles you
recommended.


I didn't recomend the Joulida I simply speculated that it would be a
good combo.

Backpedaling on a seemingly strong recommendation becomes you, sockpuppet
Wheel.

That was based on my extensive experience with the
Vandersteens and tubed amplification.

But not extensive enough to cover what you recommended?

Unlike you, I have actually
heard a similar combo and it sounded great to me.

That's right sockpuppet wheel, no matter what I listen to, what I listen to
will not reflect on how it sounds to you.

But it's nice to
know you are willing to trash the sound of systems you have not
actually heard even when your only experience with any of the
components in question was "pretty good" to you.

I probably have higher standards for sound quality than you do, sockpuppet
Wheel. Perhaps its due to the fact that I can audition equipment with
recordings based on live performances that I was intimately involved with?