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From: Catman on 10 Aug 2010 13:27 ogden wrote: > SIRPip wrote: >> ogden wrote: >> >>> Brownz wrote: >>>> http://www.johnpyeauctions.co.uk/lot_list.asp?saleid=333&siteid=1 >>> What a waste of money. >> You've never listened to a Meridian setup, have you? > > No, but I bet my Robert Johnson recordings sound just the same as they > do on my 50 quid Goodmans surround-sound thingy with the three speakers > unplugged. > Nah, you'd getter better defined crackles in mono ;) -- Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply) 116 Giulietta 3.0l Sprint 1.7 GTV TS GT 3.2 V6 Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see. www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk
From: SIRPip on 10 Aug 2010 13:39 ogden wrote: > SIRPip wrote: > > ogden wrote: > > > > > Brownz wrote: > > > > http://www.johnpyeauctions.co.uk/lot_list.asp?saleid=333&siteid= > > > > 1 > > > > > > What a waste of money. > > > > You've never listened to a Meridian setup, have you? > > No, but I bet my Robert Johnson recordings sound just the same as > they do on my 50 quid Goodmans surround-sound thingy with the three > speakers unplugged. Heh. They'd probably sound worse. -- SIRPip : B12
From: SIRPip on 12 Aug 2010 18:16
Beav wrote: > "SIRPip" <gingerbloke(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > news:xn0gxq2nc21nqjb01d(a)news.eternal-september.org... > > Anyway, there was one guy I got on well with and we seemed to share > > opinions on most stuff - then the night the Meridian rep turned out > > with the full monty, he was so impressed he bought the whole setup. > > Just like that. At a suitable, negotiated ex-demo price, of course, > > but FFS - just like that. I was stunned. > > He'd have been stunned too. And robbed:) He just flipped a credit card out, for the full amount. The high side of 30 grand (15 years ago), just like that. I might have robbed the speakers and controller off him, but, man, they're heavy. -- SIRPip : B12 |