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You called? Heh, having a similar name has always resulted in my friends poking fun at me when the topic of conversation somehow settles on internet search engines... Maybe I should use Jeeves as an avatar... :rolleyes:

I was just searching for "alphaville first harvest" just now and kept getting that same warning. I thought it was kinda weird, but didn't give it much thought, just left it and went to listen to some alphaville. Seems like I'm not the only one who is getting that warning then. Oh, and I think you can get through, just have to click the second link on the warning page?

You left out the HD600. He has a soft spot for the HD600.

WoW! Scwwwweeet catch there Dan. Nice.

Also...

I tried to seduce it...

He is a baby elephant dammit. He doesn't have any tusks. Look at that cute, innocent little face: Do you want to teach him violence?

WHAM! BANG! Thank you Ma'am?

Bought a pair of sr-404 earpads from the Stax God.

A PS2 perhaps? So that he does not to piss off those who spent 4k on the PS1...

@Baby E, Why did you send back the Jades? Were they defective or was it because they could not hang with the big boys?

Me thinks it will hit 5.5k or even 6k.

I think they have more than 300 units if you see the serial numbers and observe what Al said in the CES thread.

QFT. x3. The K701 is teh suck. Get rid of it and get some Stax.

Great, I'll pay you in Nigerian currency. Whether you'll receive enough to buy a HD800 for yourself though will be a totally different story.

I'd pay to see Doug doing that. Bonus if he wears it outside.

You're doing it wrong. It should have been:

Well, I suppose I could ask him if he would allow that. Anyway, thanks for the input.

Yup, I fully intent to do so(visit that guy for an audition) before I buy them. Its just that I'm very busy the next two weeks and also a little short on cash, so was just wondering if these are really quite good; i.e. good enough for me to tell the guy to hold these for me. I've been in situations before where I took something for granted and the next thing I knew, *poof* the item was out of my reach/grasp because it was sold. I was just hoping that someone had tried these and maybe able to post about some of that speaker's shortcomings that I should look out for when I audition them? All I see mostly praise for it when I do some online digging? Audio stuff is quite expensive over here in Malaysia... New W5000 --> roughly $1200 $1350 New HD650 --> $390 New ES7 --> $136 New VR-1 --> $1500 Used Quad 11L (pasive) --> $395 Used Quad 12L (pasive) --> $451 So yeah, things are pretty much screwed up over here... Thanks for the heads up kpeezy, however if I were to get those ones that are currently listed on Audiogon (those are used though?) then I'd have to factor in shipping to Jay's(JBLoudG20) place, then factor in more shipping to may place here i Malaysia, then add 5% pp fees, then add to that the very real risk of me being ass rapped by my local customs officers... (they are mostly corrupt, rude and dishonest bitches ), I figure I might as well pay the guy the $1000 he is asking for them and avoid all the additional hassle. The weight/package for those speakers shipped from the audiogon seller is huge and I doubt they will slip by customs without any fuss. If I was desperate I might go down that route though. Maybe Jay could under declare it and minimize the ass raping I get from local customs. Anyway, thanks for the input guys. I probably might just dew eet though (buy the VR-1)... Still contemplating...

Hey guys, anyone here tried/own a pair Von Schweikert VR-1 bookshelf speakers? My cousin's friend is selling a brand new pair for $1000. Apparently the guy liked it soo much he bought two pairs back in the day with one serving as backup. The set he is selling is the backup set which is new and unused. I have no experience when it comes to speakers so I

Happy Birthday dude!

I'm located in Malaysia. I doubt the guy would ship it to Asia. Thank you Jay. I didn't want to bother you though. Especially for such a big item. Anyway, I'm currently after a pair of headphones, if the deal falls through in the next few days, I might take you up on that offer. My cousin has a friend who is selling a pair of brand new Von Schweikert Audio VR-1 speakers for $1000 though, so I'll have to give all this some thought before I make my move. Will probably start a thread asking about them if I fail to get those headphones. Anyway, thanks once again for the kind offer. We'll see how things go.

I've always wanted to try a pair of bookshelf speakers from Harbeth or Quad. I would have bought it, except he only does USA shippin'. So I figured I might as well post it here and let you guys have a crack at it.