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It never ends....

Well, I went down to the local dealer for their Memorial Day sale. Did not really intend to buy anything; maybe just avail myself of their wonderful offer to accept at 100% trade-in for speakers bought there, so I brought the sales slip for the Aerius' I bought there in Dec 00 "just in case" something there caught my fancy. Wouldn't ya know it, the Ascents were just waiting my arrival. Could be the end of the story, but ohhhhhhhhhh no.

So, I'm standing there with the sales slip for the Aerius' that are sitting in my house getting ready to "do the deal" and the salesman says "Geez Mitch, bet those Areius would sound great in your home theater" (which is all Klipsch right now). The wheels start to turn in my head..."I got this huge refund from Uncle Sam and all I did with it was pay off bills (mostly stereo stuff), I'm starting a new job in 2 months that will just about double my salary, there is no "Mrs Mitch" at home to bitch (man, do I love that rhyme, although the previous two Mrs Mitchell's weren't to crazy about it) at me if I do this...heck...I ought to be a bit self-indulgent and just skip the trade in and buy the Ascents out-right..."

Did just that. So now for my home theater I also need the "Bat Wing" M/L center channel and some M/L surrounds...of course, with this quality speaker, I'll need to scrap the Technics Dolby 5.1 reciever for a whole bunch of Levinson, BAT, C/J, Proceed or Anthem stuff...

You know, it never ends...no matter what you have, you always want better. Complacency breeds mediocrity...

I can still remember (faintly at best) my first Radio Shack stereo...do any of you remember your first stereo?

Anxiously awaiting the delivery of my Ascents (with the custom made side panels of course...)...

Mitch
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beemer
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I'll second what Glen said:

"Don't forget good cables".

I've got a Lexicon DC-1 on my HT system, and I've been through some speakers with it, including Martin-Logan, of which I'm still using SL3's as rear surrounds and a Logos center.

The thing never seemed to do two-channel right, until I went all balanced on my separate 2 channel system, and brought all the Transparent SuperXL single-ended I had and put it on the HT system. Shazamm! Much happier now!

Do save a little and "cable up" your new HT system. You won't regret it!

Paul
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vermonter OP
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Glenn and Paul,

Thanks for the response...I've got Monster cables on the HT right now (Ugggh)...incremental upgrades are in order...running HT Pro Silways on the 2 channel setup now, but justifying that expense for multi-channel application of HT is a hard sell even for solitary me...

Paul--you have a Beemer? Me too...

Mitch
jdwek
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first stereo= jvc reciever, I think it was a technics turntable, speakers....JBL
All bought at Crazy Eddie, in Brooklyn, NY. Dad thought I was nuts to spend my bar mitzvah money like that......OH BOY if he knew what I was spending now!
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snooker14
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My first real stereo was a KLH model 20, followed by a Kenwood 80watt integrated amp with a huge pair of ugly black Technics speakers and an Akai R to R Tape deck. Big stuff for a college kid in those days. I really do fit the old adage...."the only difference between the men and the boys is the size of their toys".
Hey Vermonter, do you still live in VT? Do we have a local dealer other than AV Authority with some high-end stuff? Bob
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vermonter OP
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Bob,

Nope, I live in Virginia now...grew up in Vermont and went to UVM...20 yrs in the Air Force has taken me all over the world, but I still call Vermont home.

Where in Vermont are you?

Mitch
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