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I've been putting together a new HT setup and considered all three of the speakers you mention. Here's my brief thoughts on all of them: The Rockets are nice speakers, albeit it a bit laid back, but really the sole reason why I passed on them is the matching center channel. It's absolutely huge and would in no way fit on either shelf of my TV stand. That may sound trivial, but it was a deal breaker for me. The 6.2 is from the "new" Swan line right? I've only heard the older Swan line-up and I hope they aren't still using the same piece of shit tweeter the older ones used. If they are using a different tweeter they might be worth checking out as I thought the original Swan's were a good bargain except for the tweeter. I've heard a good bit of the Axiom line-up and have owned a pair of M22ti's for a few years now and I have always liked them for their detail and neutrality. However they can be very bright and that is the main reason why I didn't strongly consider getting a pair of their towers to use as my main speakers. What I did end up getting are a pair of Quad 22L and the matching L-centre center channel. The 22L are a really nice sounding pair of speakers and the finish on them is stunning for the price. I'll post some pics when I get my camera back and I'll post more impressions in the near future.

Not to take this completely off-topic but I find it ironic how all those things you state apply to Ray as well. I do agree though that this ALO stuff is a rip-off I really just have to laugh at people paying $140 for a cable and $300 for an amp for their ipod.

I'll never get in to Vinyl, no matter how good it sounds. It takes up a ton of space and requires much more maintenance time than I'd ever be willing to put into it.

Except when the ipod has more power then said amp (tomahawk)

The problem is when they moved to Cal. they lost almost all their good employees. Thats what it seems like at least.

Helios_Multi theme has been installed again.

The 650s are a little more aggressive and absolutely have more bass. The 600s have a bit more of an open/airy sound to them. IMO it's really a preference thing and in my case I prefer the bass increase that the 650s provide.

Just keep a couple books stuffed between them when not in use. Should be fine after a week or so.

I ended up going with the Sony KDS-55A2000 it arrived on Monday and I've been enjoying it ever since. Just waiting on Comcast to come and install their HD box next Friday and I think I'll pick up one of the Toshiba HD-XA2's soon. That should cover the video side of things for now.

Except the L3000 as those own .

1) Simple just look at all that guys posts recently he couldn't be a bigger RSA shill if he tried. 2) No idea but it's great free marketing for Ray 3) Yep, welcome to the amazing stupidity of head-fiers 4) Like he wasn't already making enough profit on them

It really sounds like things have been a mess support wise since they moved their US operations.

Well you did pay for the amp more than a year and a half ago....

A jack on your new amp?

My amp was supposed to ship last night as well but to the best of my knowledge it didn't.

I've heard pretty much all the Ultrasones phones and honestly they are all pretty terrible. While I'm not a big fan of the W5000 they really probably are the best currently available closed phone, which just goes to show the sad state of full-sized headphones (especially closed phones).

http://forum.sounddomain.com/ used to be a pretty good resource for Car Audio. Not sure how it is these days.

Until you get caught .

The 3910 will with its better dacs

The 3910 uses newer dacs and its transport is a little bit beefier.

Pair of K1000s that I bought from hungrych arrived today. This is my 2nd go around with them, I never should have sold my first pair. Even using just my ppx slam with 6bl7 output tubes they sound absolutely fantastic.

As long as it's not the only transformer it should be fine.

Speaking of my 6528 amp I should be getting it back early next week (I'm hoping Tuesday). I was talking with Mikhail a little while ago about just how over the top for my amp is for headphones. When I have it running 6528s as output tubes total draw on the power supply is about 17 amps

The internals are pretty much what I think most people expected. Pretty similar to the Apollo except 1-dac per channel and some extra power supply filtering.

I should be getting a pair of those with my amp when it comes back