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Aug 27^th, 2003 at 9:02pm

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I went looking at speakers recently and while trying to maintain my dignity and explain to the salesman at the same time why I couldn't buy a $5000 set and what did he have for around $2000, he happened to mention a set he had that ran $24,000.

Now, my curiosity was aroused and I explained to the guy I just HAD to hear what a $24,000 set of speakers sounded like. I was in awe.

Then he really got me. These were the 'cheap' set. The same company makes a set that runs $80,000. Let me say that again. An $80,000 set of speakers. My god! That is the price of a house!

Appropriately enough, the speakers are called Pipedreams by Nearfield Accoustics.

http://www.nearfieldacoustics.com

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Reply #1 - Aug 28^th, 2003 at 1:24am

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that is amazing Shocked

although i can think of $80k i could spend elsewhere (if that is US dollars that is $160 K Australian Dollars) Shocked

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Reply #2 - Aug 28^th, 2003 at 5:14am

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An $80,000 set of speakers.

A.K.A Toys for the rich.

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Reply #3 - Aug 28^th, 2003 at 12:23pm

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There is no way that anyone could need or want a £50K pair of speakers, the difference in sound quality can't be worth £47K Roll Eyes

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Reply #4 - Aug 29^th, 2003 at 10:33am

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now now... as an audio/video specialist at my church for many years i have encountered many different speaker solutions. however I would have to say that you would have to be crazy to spend that much money on speakers!

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are you sure they didn't just want your money?!?

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Reply #5 - Aug 29^th, 2003 at 11:27am

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I think I generally know when someone is blowing smoke up my... um... pipes. These are legitimate and yes, the pricing is correct. Check the website...

Also, here are the cheaper set...

http://www.audiolimits.com/html/pipedream_speakers.html

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Reply #6 - Aug 29^th, 2003 at 1:02pm

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lol...ouch those are some pretty pricey prices...

and no I wasn't suggesting that they were blowing smoke anywheres, I understand that there are prices out there, and there are quality components out there too, but that's just ridiculous...

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Reply #7 - Aug 29^th, 2003 at 11:41pm

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That is WAYYYYY too much for speakers, I don't care how good they sound. You can get an awesome set of Peaveys for about 5,000 dollars and to me, they are some of the best-sounding speakers made.

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