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To answer my own question posed in the thread title: of course not!
Two examples.
I just finished a three week, or so, vacation in Florida. A week of golf. Swimming and relaxing the rest of the time.
One evening my wife and I visited with a friend and his wife. Like how I've met a lot of Forum members, I met him on the internet. (Inside joke. I know.) He had contacted me a few years ago about a pair of Koss CM/1030 speakers that he had. We stayed in touch. I promised we'd get together if I were ever in his neck of the woods. A couple of weeks before the Florida trip he sent me a note saying he'd acquired another pair of CM/1030s and had a few questions. I told him I could answer them in person in a few weeks. And thus was borne a great evening at his place where he introduced us not only to his wife, but also to his many rooms wherein he had many pairs of large speakers hooked-up to a variety of gear. (And by the way, not only does his wife encourage his passion for this hobby of ours, she also shares in it!)
Not only did he have the two pairs of 1030s (which sounded absolutely great in the rooms they were in) but he had at least three pairs of DCM speakers and, in his great room a gorgeous pair of K-horns. To say it was an evening of blissful music sampling would be an understatement.
So in his case I say the answer is: of course not. Why just one pair when you can have two?
Now in my case I own five pairs of Koss CM/1030s. (And a pair of 1020s and a pair of 1010s - but who's counting?!)
Actually, I'm lying. I now own six pairs of 1030s.
While in Florida I was contacted by someone living in Texas, but originally from the Montreal area, who had a pair of 1030s stored at his mother's place in Montreal. That property was being emptied and he had but a few days to find a home for his. A relative, still in Montreal, sent me pics of them. (I'd post them but for some reason I can't; I get an "invalid file type" message.) Since I had no ready buyers for them in hand I decided to buy them myself. A fair price was agreed to; a friend who was in Florida golfing with me at the time and who commutes to work in Montreal during the week was handed the cash; he happens to have an apartment in Montreal; the seller brought them to his place and the speakers and cash were exchanged; the speakers were then brought to Ottawa by my friend and I collected them yesterday.
The cabinets are in perfect conditions. (Much much better than how they looked in the pics.) Best looking cabinets of any I have owned. The drivers are all in perfect condition. But as expected the frequency contour-shaping switches all need replacing and the crossovers need to be refurbished. (I checked one out and it's got the telltale resistor lead corrosion etc.) So they'll be heading to the shop this week.
I'm hoping to get them back by the time of The Great Canadian GTG 1.0 in July, whereat I hope to have them set up with the 1010s and 1020s for some comparative listening. Other than at Koss' original facilities, and perhaps some dealer showrooms, I'm not aware of anyone ever having had all three models up and running in one room at the same time. (If anyone has I'd love to hear from you!)
So again to answer the question: never!
Best.
Jeff
Two examples.
I just finished a three week, or so, vacation in Florida. A week of golf. Swimming and relaxing the rest of the time.
One evening my wife and I visited with a friend and his wife. Like how I've met a lot of Forum members, I met him on the internet. (Inside joke. I know.) He had contacted me a few years ago about a pair of Koss CM/1030 speakers that he had. We stayed in touch. I promised we'd get together if I were ever in his neck of the woods. A couple of weeks before the Florida trip he sent me a note saying he'd acquired another pair of CM/1030s and had a few questions. I told him I could answer them in person in a few weeks. And thus was borne a great evening at his place where he introduced us not only to his wife, but also to his many rooms wherein he had many pairs of large speakers hooked-up to a variety of gear. (And by the way, not only does his wife encourage his passion for this hobby of ours, she also shares in it!)
Not only did he have the two pairs of 1030s (which sounded absolutely great in the rooms they were in) but he had at least three pairs of DCM speakers and, in his great room a gorgeous pair of K-horns. To say it was an evening of blissful music sampling would be an understatement.
So in his case I say the answer is: of course not. Why just one pair when you can have two?
Now in my case I own five pairs of Koss CM/1030s. (And a pair of 1020s and a pair of 1010s - but who's counting?!)
Actually, I'm lying. I now own six pairs of 1030s.
While in Florida I was contacted by someone living in Texas, but originally from the Montreal area, who had a pair of 1030s stored at his mother's place in Montreal. That property was being emptied and he had but a few days to find a home for his. A relative, still in Montreal, sent me pics of them. (I'd post them but for some reason I can't; I get an "invalid file type" message.) Since I had no ready buyers for them in hand I decided to buy them myself. A fair price was agreed to; a friend who was in Florida golfing with me at the time and who commutes to work in Montreal during the week was handed the cash; he happens to have an apartment in Montreal; the seller brought them to his place and the speakers and cash were exchanged; the speakers were then brought to Ottawa by my friend and I collected them yesterday.
The cabinets are in perfect conditions. (Much much better than how they looked in the pics.) Best looking cabinets of any I have owned. The drivers are all in perfect condition. But as expected the frequency contour-shaping switches all need replacing and the crossovers need to be refurbished. (I checked one out and it's got the telltale resistor lead corrosion etc.) So they'll be heading to the shop this week.
I'm hoping to get them back by the time of The Great Canadian GTG 1.0 in July, whereat I hope to have them set up with the 1010s and 1020s for some comparative listening. Other than at Koss' original facilities, and perhaps some dealer showrooms, I'm not aware of anyone ever having had all three models up and running in one room at the same time. (If anyone has I'd love to hear from you!)
So again to answer the question: never!
Best.
Jeff