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From: tmajni%sequent.uucp@RELAY.CS.NET (Tim Majni)
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Subject: Re: Imagining the imaging - the only solution for me ?
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Date: 22 Mar 91 14:52:23 GMT
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>> My guess about what makes the greatest diff. is as follows:  1.
>> speakers 2. amp.  3. cables between amp. and speakers 4. cables
>> between CD-player and amp.  5. CD-player but I'm not at all very
>> experienced, so it's only a guess.

To me this looks like an upsidedown pyramid.  I think you got it backwards.
Its almost like religion.  I BELIEVE, BROTHER, that a system should be 
put together from the source to the speakers, putting more emphasis on
the source.  The main postulate of this theory is that a signal doesn't
get better as it's amplified, it gets worse.  The better the starting
signal, the better the end results.  Now, in reality, all parts of the
systems should be of "good" quality to get good sound.  If you have
a budget, and say you where $500 under when you have your dream system
put together (ha ha Ha HAA...) you should dump it into the source, not
the speakers.  The British say you should spend 1/3 on source, 1/3 on
amplification, and 1/3 on speakers.  Lets see how my dream "budget"
hi-end system fairs:

1. Wadia or ? Transport           $2000
   Theta Pro Basic Processor      $2000      $4300
   BAE Interconnects               $200
   Coax Interconnect               $100

2. Quicksilver Preamp             $1600
   Threshold S200                 $2250      $4050
   BAE Interconnects               $200

3. Apogee Stages w/ Stands        $2500
         -or-                                $3000
   Martin Logan Sequel II
   OCOS Speaker Wire               $500

Well, I guess I adhere to my theory in thought.  My wife will kill me
if I go round my system up to this tomarrow..., but this is what I'm
working towards :-).

> This is a "modest" high end system that performs beyond my wildest
> imagination in terms of soundstage and imaging. Prior to my purchase of
> the Sequels, I had an older pair of Magneplanar Tympanis - everything else
> was the same. As a result of my experience, I would say the speakers are
> the biggest factor. My Threshold amp is next in importance. It requires a
> minimum of 12 hours warm up to get the wide, deep, and high soundstage I
> hear all the time. My CD player is very modest - equivalent to the Sony
> X33ES CD player of today.

I see we differ in theory and practice somewhat, but I BELIEVE, BROTHER,
in those Sequels.  I had a set home for demo this past weekend.  WOWWWW!!!
My wife nixed them, hated the way they look though you know :-(.  If you
really want to give your sound box a shot in the arm, take home a Theta for
demo!  It may just change the way you think about your speakers being the
biggest factor in imaging!  It actually gave more imaging to my current
system with "baby" Thiel CS1.2s, than did the Sequels.  I BELIEVE, BROTHER,
that together they will put goose-flesh on your body you never thought
possible.  Don't take my word for it, take a Theta home for demo, don't
just listen to it in a store.  By the way, be ready to buy it!

I own no stock or interest in Theta...

Happy Listening

Tim Majni

tmajni@sequent.com