We have just moved house and my wife does not like the Heybrook HB1's black finish in the new living room - "if you get some new speakers I want them in a wooden finish to match the floor".
Having bought the Quad equipment around 1972 and having forgotten where I bought the NAD and HB1's from it was time to contact my local high street audio dealer to demo some speakers that would suit my budget (circa £1.5k) and my wife's wooden finish requirements.
After detailing my system to the dealer I was told that they would provide a similar set-up to mine allied to an award winning speaker that they said would blow me away and to bring along some cd's that I was familiar with for reference.
Cd's in hand I entered the shop and was led upstairs to the demo room - we listened to Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd and I just wasn't getting it - no more resolution, detail or soundstage.
The guy doing the demo said that he didn't think Dark Side of the Moon was very well produced (What a bellend - I found it difficult not to laugh out loud!) and that we should try Marvin Gaye - What's Going On - I didn't hear anything better here either and at this point the demo guy said he was really worried.......
I could have a serious hearing deficiency as "no-one in their right mind could not hear the difference between your system and this system - you really do have a problem".
Wow a demo guy who is worried about my well-being or perhaps a demo guy who is having a hissy fit because I really don't rate the performance of his proposed system - not being one to provoke argument I thanked him for his time and left just in time to see him roll his eyes and shrug his shoulders to his colleague.
Just for reference I played out the CD's again and I preferred my system - this was my first step on my audio journey and I had trodden backwards.
I want to go forward not backwards - note to self - I hope all audio dealers aren't the same.
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