Upgrading my preamp, power amp, DAC, all gave me great improvement.
The one item which gave me the largest smiling OMG face was when I upgraded my speakers from the Yamaha NS-1000 to the NS-2000.
Your greatest high end audio purchase!!!
My audiophile journey has extended to over 40 of adventurous sonic delight. Over the coarse of my over 40 year journey as an audiophile, like so my others, I cycled through a multitude of speakers, amps, cables, etc,. Now that I’m an old guy, I’ve pretty much settled on my "End-Game" audio system for the long haul, primarily because I simply love the way it sounds, and also because, at this juncture, I no longer have the will, nor do I have the desire to continue the crazy (but fun) merry-go-round of audio components in and out like I did in years past (my spouse and my wallet thank me). When I look back on all the high-speed audio gear that I’ve owned down through the years, and after giving it much insightful thought, I’ve come to the conclusion that, after everything was said and done, my beloved Revel Salon 2 speakers were my overall most pleasurable and greatest purchase of all. What was yours?
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I have two and I can't decide which was/is more influential. The first, which I no longer have but it lasted for over 30 years, was an Audio Research SP 10II back in the days when vinyl ruled. The second is my Silverline Bolero speakers acquired over 10 years ago. They have everything I need in a speaker, tone (especially), clarity, and looks as well. They have been in production now for at least 12 years and you rarely see them for sale so I think others must agree with me. :-) Getting a bit spendy though. | |
Can’t single out any one but here are the biggest winners for me, all current: 1) Ohm Walsh Speakers 2) KEF meta speakers 3) Roon 4) Cambridge Audio Evo 150 5) Room Equalization Wizard (REW) freeware (used with Roon DSP) 6) dbpoweramp for ripping CDs and Picard freeware to help with autotagging 7) Linn Axis turntable with Denon dl103R cartridge. 8) Audacity freeware to master analog vinyl converted to digital. This enables me to do my own digital mastering when converting vinyl to digital to then add to my digital music library and access via Roon. 9) Humminguru Ultrasonic record cleaner to get records spiffy clean before playing and typically also converting to digital.
Search my posts over the years and you should find I’ve elaborated on each of these at some point. | |
I hate to repeat from a recent post… but.
In 1978 I committed to a really great system and after reading popular stereo magazines (Stereo Review ((not a good source)) I bought the top rated Onkyo tape deck. It performed well, I thought. To get the very best out of it I had a technician align the heads for maximum performance. That destroyed the sound.. several iterations… never sounded good again.
I was in a high end store sharing my woes with a sales person and he said, “here, take this home and try it.” It was a first generation Nakamichi, wood around the outside, upright.. seven years old, weighed a ton. I was skeptical. I took it home, it was unbelievable. Comparing it to the original, in perfect working order Onkyo, the Onkyo sounded like a small plastic transistor radio vs real high fi equipment. It was a revelation, showed me what set apart audiophile (other than astronomical cost) from the rest and set me on my audiophile path for the next fifty years. | |
@ellajeanelle would you happen to know anything about their subs? namely
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