well, have you ever been to an audio show, or visited a local store, where a system that exceeds all logic and common sense
(i.e.- an enormous pair of speakers driven by enormous monoblocks, ditto for the preamp, cdp, wire, whatever) is demonstrated for your pleasure and envy? and then you think about "what if" you actually owned such a system, would all those watts and spl's be truly satisfying in the long term,
or would it just be "too loud"; as to fidelity, it might be great at times, or, like owning a large telescope in a city with too much ambient light and dirty air, you can't see much anyway through all the grime and grit (as in mediocre recordings). of course, hi-rez cd's could solve some of the problems you're likely to encounter (if the industry would get up off of its dumb ass and make thousands of titles available- and after a relatively short period of time people would start buying them). plus all those watts could be put to good use if you want the full effect of symphonic music in your home.
OTOH, i sure was having fun with a pair of ADS L-810 speakers and SAE components years ago (playing tons of vinyl on a thorens 160). absolutely no complaints, and no desire to get anything else (no cd's as of yet thank God) unless something actually broke. SO, how can you replace "SATISFIED" with "this new power cord is so much better than the last one i had, even if it cost $2000, it's worth every penny..."?
(i.e.- an enormous pair of speakers driven by enormous monoblocks, ditto for the preamp, cdp, wire, whatever) is demonstrated for your pleasure and envy? and then you think about "what if" you actually owned such a system, would all those watts and spl's be truly satisfying in the long term,
or would it just be "too loud"; as to fidelity, it might be great at times, or, like owning a large telescope in a city with too much ambient light and dirty air, you can't see much anyway through all the grime and grit (as in mediocre recordings). of course, hi-rez cd's could solve some of the problems you're likely to encounter (if the industry would get up off of its dumb ass and make thousands of titles available- and after a relatively short period of time people would start buying them). plus all those watts could be put to good use if you want the full effect of symphonic music in your home.
OTOH, i sure was having fun with a pair of ADS L-810 speakers and SAE components years ago (playing tons of vinyl on a thorens 160). absolutely no complaints, and no desire to get anything else (no cd's as of yet thank God) unless something actually broke. SO, how can you replace "SATISFIED" with "this new power cord is so much better than the last one i had, even if it cost $2000, it's worth every penny..."?
