TheGreatScatsby
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This is my first post, but I have been lurking for years, so I have a lot to get off my chest. Getting perfect sound is nothing more than psychosis. Even you have an incredible neutral system you can't seem to stop. I am sick. Do you have multiple sets of speakers and amps that you haven't unboxed, yet are buying more? Did you try solid state, then tubes then triodes? stop. That being said, even though I have boxed R152's I haven't opened, I put an order at Harman today for 3 R253's at $149 each with free shipping. I already have the Infinity surrounds, so I will use the three for LCR. I have an infinity Reference sub, but I also have a Focal 11" W-sub, which has internal room correction, and been sitting unused. A few comments.. I read at harman review of these R252s are a close clone of some Revel speakers. They are tad bright, but bright speakers give much better off-axis performance, maybe that's why manufacturers go this way. Also because bright speakers sound better in showroom to tards. But nobody buys in a showroom anymore, right? So I chose the 253 over the 263 because I understand (probably wrong) that previous audiophile lore says 6" speakers don't image as well, nor handle lower bass well, and distorts the higher frequencies and 5" speakers have better directivity, so I plan on crossing over sub at 60 Hz. Also the price was wicked. I do most of my actual listening with my Beyerdynamic 600 ohm headphones and JDS labs Element III. I use Spotify's equalizer to tame the high end. Spotify you say? Yes, after I took the ..wav vs mp3 vs AAC etc, listening test multiple times online, I realized that I cannot tell the difference between 16/44 and higher sampling rates, and not much over 15k, so regular old redbook and its equivalents are all I need. Better gear does seem to allow me to hear cellos and backup instruments/singers in the mix, also much higher intelligibility on lyrics. My litmus test is if I can understand MJ lyrics on PYT. I'm a big fan of this forum, and the defunct Audio Critic of years past.