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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 ;)

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From: SIRPip on
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.

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From: SIRPip on
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.

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