He forgot LeBlanc and Buffet clarinets. But he's right about Focal, nice
speakers. Bostons that far back might have been designed by Kloss, genius
designer, gone now.

Mike

On 10/6/08 8:28 PM, "Jeff Palmer" <jpalmer@MTS.NET> wrote:

> Ouch!
>
> Jean-Pierre Palmer
>
> On 6-Oct-08, at 7:00 PM, Max Wellhouse wrote:
>
>> Although I generally despise anything French, Selmer Saxophones and
>> Focal speakers are an exception.  Their cheapo 6 1/2" separates are
>> like $300 for the pair, and driven by a solid 75 watt quality amp,
>> you will hear the difference.  The Boston Separates are goo too,
>> butsome folks think their tweeters are a little on the "brassie" side
>> for the price they get for them.  I spent like $1100 on the whole
>> system(sony head unit and CD changer and the sub woofers(8"
>> Rockfords) and that was like 8 years ago and they still are thumpin'
>> away.  I would  challenge anyone to come up with an $1100 system that
>> sounds as good as this one.  All forms of music sound excellent in my
>> van except for rap(which hasn't defiled the ears of the driver or
>> passengers yet).
>>
>> YMMV
>>