Re: [ARSCLIST] Pristine Audio (?!)

[Malcolm Rockwell <malcolm@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I use a pair of JBL 4206 speakers and find them more than adequate for 
near-field monitoring.
I believe they cost somewhere around $400 for the pair when I bought 
them 15 (?) years ago.
This investment has been more than paid for.
Mal Rockwell

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Ward Duffield wrote:
> I meant a good, solid functional return on the hardware investment, w/o
> extra cost for prestige, mystique, etc.
>
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> [mailto:ARSCLIST@xxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Don Cox
> Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2007 6:12 PM
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> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Pristine Audio (?!)
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>
> On 06/12/07, Ward Duffield wrote:
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> > There's also a whole separate issue of not even knowing WHAT to use to
> > hear things properly. Notice in Mike Casey's report that a few pages
> > are spent talking about "proper listening environment."
> >
> > Is there any consensus on cost-effective, accurate speakers?
> >     
>
> Define "cost-effective".
>
> If you mean "cheap", I doubt if there are any cheap accurate speakers.
>
> If you mean "expensive but justified by results and by time not wasted"
> then there are several. The Quad electrostatic speakers are certainly
> accurate, for example - but they are expensive, and work best with well
> designed high power amplifiers, in a large room.
>
> Regards
> --
> Don Cox
> doncox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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