Are there other people like me ? Amazed by their low cost system :)
Are there other people so much amazed by a relatively low cost system , they consider that is not a stopgap but instead a minimally satisfying ectasy... Each day i am amazed by my speakers and headphone... Am i deaf? Am i ignorant of high end ? Be assured that i know better system with higher acoustic experience and more refined exist ...
My point is an experienced and felt minimal threshold of acoustic qualities and well done and well realized and well manifested acoustic factors exist for me and are at play, for the price invested; so much so , i consider any upgrade way less tempting and if possible would be more, way more , costlier to appear as a real upgrade in quality... For sure an upgrade of part at low cost unbeknowst to me is possible but i must live with what i have for now but i feel no frustration at all. š
Am i the only one deluded in this way or enlightened in this way ? Pick your choice of word.... š
But Guttenberg as most audiophiles will insist on the gear choice and synergy... We must start with good synergetical pieces of gear then it is Ok... But my main argument concerning the reason why a relatively low cost system can gave an audiophile very good if not magical experience is based on the electrical,mechanical and acoustical factors and controls as much as important as synergy and gear choices to reach the potential peak of any system at any price in a room ... š |
As i said relatively low cost can vary a lot in function of each one of us different needs and budget limit... My main point is about the way and the meansĀ to enjoy a "relatively low cost system" not so much about a fixed amount of money... The back tought behind this question is that mechanical and electrical and acoustical knowlwedge define audiophile experience more than mere price tags... the other point is then that acoustic satisfaction is possible at relatively low cost... I dont define a "cost" because when you know what to do to improve an audio system, his cost matter way lessĀ for a musical and sound quality experience... Even Bill gates then can come and participate and ex-plain to us how he had as much pleasure with his "low cost" system of 80,000 bucks than the other one he own of one millon dolars becauseĀ he learned how to install and embed each pieces in the right electrical, mechanical and acoustical working dimensions... then here relatively low costĀ is defined by the specfic history os each one and his needs and budget... My thread and question are not dogmatic opinion about pricing but inviation about thinking how to improve what we have or how to experiment for improvement BEFORE a costlier upgrades which can become useless or less useful when we learn more ...
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I lived through the same obsession as yourself... And you are right about synergy... It is really the starting point and can become a problem when we buy a new piece as so called upgrade... It is why i recommend experiments with what we have before upgrading if the synergy is good to begin with for sure... Ā Ā Thanks for your interesting observations bro...
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Interesting! I own a Fosi SK01 headphone amplifier with the AKG sextett ...( for my computer use it is not my main headphone amp) I used a Douk P2 tube preamplifierfor the Fosi headphone amp and as pre for my active speakers.. Price 60 bucks too ... It is so good for peanuts price that i will never upgrade it save with a very high end design headphone amplifier .. Why ? Because i will be afraid to buy one at 500 bucks compared to this one i paid 60 bucks so good it is...Who want to pay 500 bucks for a marginal upgrade or just changing 4x 25 cents for a dollar... Here i will upgrade it only with something very high end at more than 1000 bucks..š And anyway in upgrade process all gear pieces must pertain to the same quality design/price scale generally speaking... No one use generally a 200 bucks tube in a 25 dollars tube amp... But there is exception to this rule as your short interesting post reveal : the Avalon ascendant driven by a 62 bucks amp with success it seems ... š Ā |
