Hello everyone!

[Brian at Ascend]

Just wanted to say hello. I hope to contribute as much as I can to this group. :thumbsup:


Brian Handy
brianh@ascendacoustics.com

 

[funboy6942]

Y hello there, welcome.

 

[Rhoxed]

Hello, welcome to the forums.

 

[sdifox]

hello and welcome. I do think you are wasting time here. These people will buy the latest video card with halon cooling before they buy good speakers. :biggrin:

 

[Soccerman06]

hello and welcome. I do think you are wasting time here. These people will buy the latest video card with halon cooling before they buy good speakers. :biggrin:

I wouldnt say that, I spent over $3000 on the front 3 speakers, and about to spend another $2k on a diy sub and amp.

 

[sdifox]

I wouldnt say that, I spent over $3000 on the front 3 speakers, and about to spend another $2k on a diy sub and amp.

Minority. A very small minority.

 

[Soccerman06]

Minority. A very small minority.

Does it help if I bought a 680gtx in the first hour it was available?

 

[sdifox]

Does it help if I bought a 680gtx in the first hour it was available?

:biggrin:

my sound system cost me north of 10k D: back in 1999...

 

[Soccerman06]

:biggrin:

my sound system cost me north of 10k D: back in 1999...

If we include the couch I just bought... Ill be spending over $11k just for this new setup

 

[sdifox]

If we include the couch I just bought... Ill be spending over $11k just for this new setup

who the hell counts furniture?

 

[Rio Rebel]

Fox, Do you EVER post anything that isn't criticizing someone or something?

Welcome to the forums, Brian.

 

[Fingolfin269]

I've been speaker shopping and never paid much attention to your brand. But now that you've posted this message I've actually read some at avs and hit up the site.

 

[Soccerman06]

who the hell counts furniture?

It cost a hell of a lot, so Im counting it.

 

[sdifox]

Fox, Do you EVER post anything that isn't criticizing someone or something?

Welcome to the forums, Brian.

Who or what did I criticise? The who the hell counts furniture comment? You got to be crazy to take that seriously. As to me thinking Brian is wasting his time here, it's an observation given the chatter in this subforum.

 

[sdifox]

It cost a hell of a lot, so Im counting it.

I don't know what is a bigger money pit, furniture or audio system. I think they are pretty evenly matched

 

[donfm]

:biggrin:

my sound system cost me north of 10k D: back in 1999...

They were using tube amps back then weren't they?.... Wasn't that pre-transistor?.....

 

[Soccerman06]

I don't know what is a bigger money pit, furniture or audio system. I think they are pretty evenly matched

http://labgruppen.com/products/fp_plus_series/c/fp_14000/ not that it costs $6500 each

 

[sdifox]

They were using tube amps back then weren't they?.... Wasn't that pre-transistor?.....

Tube amp is still used today

mine is an Outlaw 750 though.

 

[Brian at Ascend]

My opinion is this, if you love sound and your passionate about it, who is someone to restrict available information. The majority of what I do within the Hearing Health Services incorporates a bunch of various technologies as well. As a Hearing Specialist and working with hearing-impaired patients, technology presented within this fine forum is what I use each and every day. Video-otoscopy, and the majority of Audiologic software, just to name a few...

 

[batterie]

Very lively!

 

[EvilYoda]

Hearing Specialist, eh? Hmmm...doesn't have to do with Ascend (nice stuff, BTW), but do you have any suggestions on whether or not I should look into reshelling a pair of Shure SE535? If so, what company should I go through?

All of my work is travel-based so I'm fluctuating between buying something nicer or reshelling the Shures.

 

[EvilYoda]

Hearing Specialist, eh? Hmmm...doesn't have to do with Ascend (nice stuff, BTW), but do you have any suggestions on whether or not I should look into reshelling a pair of Shure SE535? If so, what company should I go through?

All of my work is travel-based so I'm fluctuating between buying something nicer or reshelling the Shures.

 

[Brian at Ascend]

I typically like to fit any of the Westone labs customs. Westone makes some amazing monitors with excellent drivers and crossovers, they also are the finest ear-mold lab in the US. Re-shelling could also be done by a local hearing aid company close to where you live that makes their own devices. That route will be the least expensive but in no comparison to allowing Westone to make you some fine units. Heres the link friend:

http://www.westonemusicproducts.com/music/