audiophile

not only that... but it also depends on the source of your music, like i posted in another thread. If your ripping music at 128kbs and listening to it on an expensive system... you wasted your money.

Funny story: I had a friend come over who spent thousands on his home theatre, and complemented my setup, which cost less than $1500. He said "wow your setup is quite nice and sounds awesome... what do you have and how much did you pay?" I told him and he couldnt believe it. I showed him where the sound was coming from (iPod) and explained how compressed mp3s are. I further explained why its a waste to buy all that expensive preamps, amps, EQs, receivers and speakers if your source of music cant even reproduce the frequencies your hi-end setup can handle. End of story: He admitted to wasting his money lol.

not the subject but to continue on Bose... honestly it is only good at real low to mild volumes. They do a pretty nice job with getting a good sound out of a small box, but thats all because of air flow. Like said above, Id say $30 in speakers, maybe $75 in research and $400 to promoting lol.

Luckily I live next to Canada, and their is a manufacturer in Canada called Paradigm. They have some nice beginning, intermediate and professional lines of equipment. Over in Canada when the exchange rate kicked ass a while back, I got some incredible deals on their professional series and thats what I use for home theatre. There is a nice store in Windsor that has an awsome controlled room where you can really hear the differences in quality, which is something you cant get a best buy or circuit city. Even some newer BBs and CCs have seperate rooms but they dont isolate worth poop lol.

Did anyone find out what wire gauge the audiophille amp uses? I know if you want to use the speaker and remote turn on (if it has it) wires, thats fine, but if you want run higher watt amp your best to run a new power and ground.