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From: mat@hou5d.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Stereo Advice Wanted
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Date: Wed, 21-Sep-83 17:06:52 EDT
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Buying your first stereo system?  The best advice I can give is this:

	EXPECT TO BECOME DISSATISFIED WITH IT VERY QUICKLY!

You will very likely find, no matter how much you spend or how many hours
you spend shopping, after about 8-16 months, that you don't like something
or other about it.  Especially the speakers.

Common advice is to spend about half your dollars on speakers.  If you have
$800, spend 400 on the speakers and $400 on the rest.

I disagree.  For your first system, spend $300 on the speakers, $300 on the
rest, and expect to spend about $500 on new speakers in 12 months or so when
you have learned how your hearing (ear-brain combo) reacts to various kinds
of speaker response.

If you find that you don't become dissatisfied, then there was no need to
spend $400 on the speakers.  If you become dissatisfied with the $300 speakers
then you would probably have become dissatisfied with the $400 speakers.

						Mark Terribile
						hou5d!mat