Thank you rel, I needed that. Millercarbon, you never want to go up against the US Navy.
J.Chip, nice Italian name. By all means take care of your ears because when they go forget about your ability to evaluate Hi Fi's. Hearing aids, at least at the current state of the art are poor from a fidelity standpoint. Hopefully, by the time I go deaf like every other member of my father's family they will have improved.
I have never liked the proposition that one should choose speakers based on genre. The best speakers will play anything. Truly great speakers will do it at convincing volume levels. Thinking that mini monitors can not drive larger rooms is a mistake. Many manufacturers use the same tweeter and mid/woofer in their mini's as they do in their biggest speakers. All you have to do is take the low bass out of them by using subwoofers and they can go very loud. Certainly, you are not going to put Maggies in a 10' X 10' room.
Acoustics can be important depending on the room and the speakers. Most point source radiators require substantial help. Horns and some open baffle speakers less and line source dipoles sometimes none at all.
asvjerry, smart woman your wife. More often than not the hearing impaired become more of a social problem than anything else. They are usually quite happy not having to listen to everyone else's oral detritus.
On your last comment I have to whole heartedly disagree. The destination and the destinating are always a lot more fun when you arrive in a 911 particularly when it has bicycles strapped to the roof. The kids doing the valet parking always give you special treatment.
The most precious commodity of all is time.
J.Chip, nice Italian name. By all means take care of your ears because when they go forget about your ability to evaluate Hi Fi's. Hearing aids, at least at the current state of the art are poor from a fidelity standpoint. Hopefully, by the time I go deaf like every other member of my father's family they will have improved.
I have never liked the proposition that one should choose speakers based on genre. The best speakers will play anything. Truly great speakers will do it at convincing volume levels. Thinking that mini monitors can not drive larger rooms is a mistake. Many manufacturers use the same tweeter and mid/woofer in their mini's as they do in their biggest speakers. All you have to do is take the low bass out of them by using subwoofers and they can go very loud. Certainly, you are not going to put Maggies in a 10' X 10' room.
Acoustics can be important depending on the room and the speakers. Most point source radiators require substantial help. Horns and some open baffle speakers less and line source dipoles sometimes none at all.
asvjerry, smart woman your wife. More often than not the hearing impaired become more of a social problem than anything else. They are usually quite happy not having to listen to everyone else's oral detritus.
On your last comment I have to whole heartedly disagree. The destination and the destinating are always a lot more fun when you arrive in a 911 particularly when it has bicycles strapped to the roof. The kids doing the valet parking always give you special treatment.
The most precious commodity of all is time.