spaf@gatech.UUCP (Gene Spafford) (01/04/84)
I'm currently in the market to upgrade my stereo system. I'm thinking
about $800 to $1000 to come up with a receiver or tuner/amp combo, and
a good cassette deck. I'm currently leaning towards a Denon DRA-700
and a DR-M2. Anybody out there have comments on these? Alternatives?
I'm also looking for speakers in the $300-$500 range (maybe a bit more
if the quality warrants). There was some discussion of speakers here a
few months ago, but I didn't follow it very closely because I didn't
think I would be able to afford new ones in the forseeable future. So,
here I am. I've had 2 or 3 people recommend the Mission 700S speakers
to me. What other speakers should I listen to? I'm going to select
these based, in large part, on how they sound, but I need some good
suggestions on what to listen to.
Thanks.
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Off the Wall of Gene Spafford
School of ICS, Georgia Tech, Atlanta GA 30332
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uucp: ...!{akgua,allegra,rlgvax,sb1,unmvax,ulysses,ut-sally}!gatech!spafemrath@uiuccsb.UUCP (01/07/84)
#R:gatech:-308600:uiuccsb:5700021:000:886 uiuccsb!emrath Jan 6 05:13:00 1984 Check out the *new* line of ADS speakers, if you can. I recently bought a pair of 880's, and I think they are pretty darn good for the money. When I went to the local shop carrying these things, the first ones turned on were the bottom of the line, little bookshelf-sized jobs (480s, I think). They were astounding at a list price of 169$ each. I found the 880s sounded noticably better to me than the 780s, so paid the little bit more. I picked the 880 over: Genesis 210, Polk 10B, Polk SDA-2, B&W-14, Ohm Walsh 2, and some others that I can't remember. These new speaks have been advertised a bit in the rags over the last few months. What I find most impressive with them is their clarity. For example, on jazz stuff (e.g. Weather Report), background percussion instruments would stand out more clearly than on other speakers. I think because of their clarity, imaging is very good.