[Arny Krueger]

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Jenn wrote:

At San Jose's The Analog Room, one of my favorite stores. Sonus Faber
Stradivari speakers, Wavestream V8 amps and preamp, SME TT and arm (I
didn't catch the cartridge). Sounded great. It should for that money!

It is well known among people who have actually done the real-world
experiments that the room that speakers are in generally affect sound
quality more than the speakers. In one experiment, two audiophiles swapped
Bose 901s and other more conventionally designed speakers and still reached
that conclusion. If you like the way that certain speakers sound in a
certain store, be prepared to duplicate their listening room exactly, in
your own home.

Picked up a variety of Speakers Corner and Classic Records reissues of
RCA, Mercury, and Decca LPs. A great store staffed by knowledgeable and
gracious guys.

The obligatory hyping of vinyl from a true bigot.

The relatively inexpensive Sonus Fabers can sound great in the right
room. You gotta like a company that makes a leather speaker.

Yeccch! It is well known that Sonus uses overpriced drivers mounted in
hyper-priced enclosures that while scoring high for art, are mediocre at
best from the standpoint of sound quality. Great for the new rich with
questionable hearing and taste. Definately better-sounding than Bosendorfer
speakers, though. ;-)