theWB
Well-known member
Things were slow at work today so I decided to pay a visit to the local Tweeter in the neighborhood. I should know better but listening to all you Summit owners brag about the sound I had to find out for myself.
Now mind you I have worked at my current location for over a year with a Tweeter directly across the street and have managed to not once walk in,Talk about self control! First barrier of defense against Joeyitis.STAY OUT OF AUDIO STORES.
So I walk in and nobodys around, I walk into the first room to my left, no ML'S in sight, Move down to the second room and there they are a pair of Summits and a pair of Vantages. I quickly notice the Summits are not plugged in or wired. As I leave the room I run into a salesman named Sam, "Can I help you" he says. I tell Sam I just came in to give the Summits a listen but I see you don't have them hooked up so I'm just going to head back to work. Sam says I can have them hooked up in a couple of minutes.
He gets them hooked up turns to me and says, "Bring a disc". Of course I'm unprepared:banghead: , who knows when the "ITCH" will strike, guess from now on I'll keep a disc of my favorites handy in my glove box.
Sam grabs a demo disc pops it in hands me the remote, tells me to take all the time I want and leaves the room.
Now I'm not expecting to be blown away, I already own a pair Odysseys which I'm quite happy with.It's kinda like when everyones talking about this great movie that's out you haven't seen yet, so you go into the movie with high expectations, even though it may be a very good movie, it really doesn't move you.
Well this was not the case with the Summits. WOW!!!! From the very first note you could tell these were different, these were something special. The clarity,the openess,the seamlessness with which the woofers acted with the panels. I was in awe. I don't know how long I sat there listening, I lost all track of time.
After who knows how long, I left the room wishing I had brought some discs I was familiar with, I wanted to listen some more, but had to get back to work.
Sam was at the front desk and asked me what I thought, Before I could stop myself the words "How much for them in Dark Cherry" escaped my lips.
Without batting an eye Sam says, "$9,995 but I can get you another 5% and get it down to $9,500" He must of sensed my eagerness because he followed that statement with " I can get you no interest on the purchase for the next 12 months"
Somehow reality snapped back into my conciousness "Your oldest starts college next year,you can't afford these:angel:" and I asked Sam for his card and told him I had to discuss it with the wife. As I walked to my car the other voice in my head says " Go ahead get them you deserve it you work hard,the kid can get a student loan:devil: "
Bottom line I will own a pair of Summits someday,It just won't be now.
For now I'll just have to drool over the pics of all the wonderful Summit systems on this forum.
Now mind you I have worked at my current location for over a year with a Tweeter directly across the street and have managed to not once walk in,Talk about self control! First barrier of defense against Joeyitis.STAY OUT OF AUDIO STORES.
So I walk in and nobodys around, I walk into the first room to my left, no ML'S in sight, Move down to the second room and there they are a pair of Summits and a pair of Vantages. I quickly notice the Summits are not plugged in or wired. As I leave the room I run into a salesman named Sam, "Can I help you" he says. I tell Sam I just came in to give the Summits a listen but I see you don't have them hooked up so I'm just going to head back to work. Sam says I can have them hooked up in a couple of minutes.
He gets them hooked up turns to me and says, "Bring a disc". Of course I'm unprepared:banghead: , who knows when the "ITCH" will strike, guess from now on I'll keep a disc of my favorites handy in my glove box.
Sam grabs a demo disc pops it in hands me the remote, tells me to take all the time I want and leaves the room.
Now I'm not expecting to be blown away, I already own a pair Odysseys which I'm quite happy with.It's kinda like when everyones talking about this great movie that's out you haven't seen yet, so you go into the movie with high expectations, even though it may be a very good movie, it really doesn't move you.
Well this was not the case with the Summits. WOW!!!! From the very first note you could tell these were different, these were something special. The clarity,the openess,the seamlessness with which the woofers acted with the panels. I was in awe. I don't know how long I sat there listening, I lost all track of time.
After who knows how long, I left the room wishing I had brought some discs I was familiar with, I wanted to listen some more, but had to get back to work.
Sam was at the front desk and asked me what I thought, Before I could stop myself the words "How much for them in Dark Cherry" escaped my lips.
Without batting an eye Sam says, "$9,995 but I can get you another 5% and get it down to $9,500" He must of sensed my eagerness because he followed that statement with " I can get you no interest on the purchase for the next 12 months"
Somehow reality snapped back into my conciousness "Your oldest starts college next year,you can't afford these:angel:" and I asked Sam for his card and told him I had to discuss it with the wife. As I walked to my car the other voice in my head says " Go ahead get them you deserve it you work hard,the kid can get a student loan:devil: "
Bottom line I will own a pair of Summits someday,It just won't be now.
For now I'll just have to drool over the pics of all the wonderful Summit systems on this forum.