[mythtv-users] Looking for high WAF in-wall speakers!!

[Meatwad]

Steve Adeff wrote:
> On Wednesday 18 January 2006 19:27, Meatwad wrote:
> 
>>All right. I was a little strong when I called their in-walls 'awful'
>>earlier but then I've had the benefit of routinely listening to a very
>>wide selection of loudspeakers for over thirty years. From the classic
>>Advents to the esoteric Magneplanars to a HeathKit DIY AM radio.
> 
> My first stereo was a Heathkit... granted it was one my uncle built...
> then he grew up and got a pair of real electrostat's (not those wanna-be 
> magnaplanars) and connected them to a pair of monoblocks he modified to be 
> able to push the down-to-1ohm electrostats.

Let's not be like that Steve. This is a forum for helping each other out 
with our addiction^Whobby, not to discuss who's is bigger. The point I 
was trying to get across was that extended exposure to numerous products 
is required to get a feel for how those products compare to each other 
and to select which one fits the budget and tastes.*

> where do you work? 

I work here at my home office, in wealthy peoples' homes, in the average 
Joe's home, churches, nightclubs, corporate boardrooms, retail outlets, 
schools - wherever there's a need for complex A/V/automation systems and 
the altering of a buildings structural/electrical components is involved.

 >and can you get me a deal on the Anthem AVM30 or Parasound
 > Halo C2? ;-)

If I called one of my competitors who is a dealer for either of those 
manufacturers, than yes. But that would risk my reputation in this 
business and I'd become a trunk slamming hack. Legit dealers of lines I 
don't carry will never help me out again and I'll risk losing my 
existing dealer agreements with the lines I do carry. There's just too 
many unlicensed, half-wit hacks in this business as it as and I'll never 
be able to buy a little island all my own on a hack's income =) Sorry.


* Which is why Consumer Reports is a joke in my opinion. They take a 
/sampling/ of product from a given class of products, run it through a 
limited amount of testing by engineers who are not experts in that class 
of product. People who are unwilling to perform due diligence on their 
own deserve what they get. If the monetary stakes are high and the 
subject matter is above a consumer's ability to research by themself, 
they should hire a reputable expert in that area to help them form an 
educated and sound decision. A/V magazines are the worst offenders: 
Print something critical, you'll get blacklisted from receiving eval 
equipment and the mag loses the advert contracts. Most home inspectors 
are a freakin waste of oxygen, too. Experts my ass.