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 35 year old male from the NorthEast USA (Boston, MA primarily), not materialistic but appreciate good quality. When I buy an item, I want to only have to buy it once and never again (if it is possible). What is the use of purchasing lesser quality products, if you are just going to have to keep on replacing them over the years? No one should ever settle for less. Don't get wrapped up in this County's 'hype' that you have to always be buying the "Next Best Thing" that comes out. I do not have a money tree in my back yard for those type of expenses. Do your homework everybody, do not be impulsive. When you find the item you want and it is significantly higher in price, don't settle for something less, save up and buy it. Take good care of it and you will have it forever. Half the stuff the stores try to sell you on are things that you will either never use or the technology is more advanced then what is currently provided so by the time things catch up there is already something better out and you just wasted God knows how much 6 months prior to now have something that is considered "outdated".  Be smart and spend smart, the state of our economy is not getting any better but everything is still going up in price. It's the American's overindulgence in spending way too much money on things that were not needed that got us in this mess in the first place. Just because the value of your home doubled, should not be an excuse to refinance so you can buy big screen TV's or Home Theater systems. I think you pretty much know what the result of that was. I am a Realtor and see the amount of damage that was caused by those behaviors, foreclosures on every block, so where are you going to put all those fancy gadgets when you no longer have a home to put them in?? Come on people, we need to start thinking smart if we want to come out of all this. "NEEDS" and "WANTS" are totally different and maybe it's time to start revamping our priorities and what is really important in life. (Here is a secret: It is not what you drive, where you live, what you have, etc.. You can wake up in the morning and it can all be gone, like the snap of your fingers - do not forget that.) How long did the human race survive without the 'need' for all this nonsense? And they were sure better times, as well. Are eyes have shifted position onto the wrong prize, not good. Change is necessary or things will continually keep getting worse and worse, day by day. Greed is going to be the downfall of us all. So, think I'm some crazy nut, I could care less. I know what matters in life and cherish every day of it, life is too short to go speeding by on the parkway, late for work. That person is missing more than they will ever know. The state of this Country is bad, and we have no one to blame but ourselves for the drugs, crime, unemployment, homelessness, hatred, debt and such. We need to all get our eyes back on the right prize or I hate to see what this world will become in another 10 years.

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perkysam: #harman_kardon_soundsticks_ii I have owned the H/K series of speakers designed to go with the Macintosh computers, since the first iSub in 2000, then the first generation H/K Soundsticks and currently the H/K Soundsticks II. I fanatically take pristine care of all my belongings, do not smoke, eat, drink, etc. around them. I have had this set of Soundsticks II for around 2 years now. I will not debate the fact that the sound out of all H/K's products is superb. I even have H/K Stock Sound System in my Land Rover which blows the doors off. The problem I have with H/K's multimedia devision is that the actual longevity and overall quality of manufacturing is below par. I can't remember how many times my original iSub was replaced, and back then their customer support was sending an email and hopefully getting a response back in a month. Over time it has improved significantly. So, back to the Soundsticks II, the manufacturer has had to replace on two separate occasions the Satellite Speaker with the volume controls because the top speaker in the casing became unclipped and started bouncing and vibrating, making the sound horrendous. There is no way for the user to open the Satellite casing and clip it back in because it is sealed. H/K customer support now is fantastic! I sent them an email describing the problem, got an immediate response, faxed the proof of purchase and in less than a week I had a replacement Satellite speaker at no cost and I did not even have to send the broken one back. The second time it happened I was just out of my warranty period and they still went ahead and replaced it again at no charge. That time the part was on "backorder" which makes me think if this is a common problem. I just hope that when another year passes since the last replacement that the problem does not occur again. That being said, I still LOVE them, they are the best sounding multimedia speakers I have heard (unless you want to spend $999.00 on the B&O Set ). Everyone that comes to my house always compliments me on how stylish and attractive they are and love how the subwoofer lights up. I have a BOSE 3-2-1 GS Series II in my living room and my friends actually think that the H/K Soundsticks II hooked up to my MacBook Pro sound better, clearer, louder and sharper than the BOSE I spent over $1000.00 for. And, if I may say one more thing, I am not sure how many of you out there have noticed this but BMW offered a H/K upgraded stereo in their cars since the mid-1990's and Mercedes-Benz only used BOSE. Have you been in a new high end Benz lately? Well, if you have not, let's just say that you will not be listening to BOSE speakers anymore, they changed some of their higher model cars over to H/K as well, and I am sure the rest will follow suit in due time. If a car manufacturer like MB has changed from BOSE to H/K and other's like Land Rover, BMW, Jaguar have already been using them for decades, I think that makes a pretty bold statement. BOSE is just a name that people see as fancy or "the best" and you pay the premium for that name, it does not always mean that it is the best. So, YES, BUY THESE SPEAKERS! You will not regret it. Apr 3, 10
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