Missing the forest for the trees

Here's a thoughtful / thought provoking 'essay'.... from Srajan Ebaen / Darko Audio

....I wish the 'title' was phrased differently...it' about ears (I think)....

https://darko.audio/2018/10/kih-62-isnt-it-time-you-grew-a-pair/

@david_ten 


I agree with you that we need to see forest rather than trees.

Musical sound is more important than just part of sound like detail, dynamics or soundstage.

But with all the tweaks, blue fuse, blue cable, E-card and small bells, my system sound organic and detailed not overly etched.

I am happy with all the tweaks that I had done for the last 2 weeks.

Now I will just try to enjoy music from classical, Jazz, New age even Rock music.

I listen to all kinds of music  depending on my mood.

@shkong78  Since you are listening to "all kinds of music" do you have any additional thoughts to share in terms of optimizing a system to meet your needs across a wide spectrum of music? 

@david_ten

Frankly speaking it is not easy to find all round player to play all kind of music.

B&W 801 driven by Jadis 500(350 tube Watt) gave me the most deep and powerful bass.

Full range speaker driven by 300B SET amplifier gave me the most round mid range sound with good timber.

I had been using Lansche 4.1 for 11 years so far and I may use it until it stops working(it is an active speaker).

It is slightly behind B&W801 in terms of dynamics and slight notch behind full range in roundness of mid range.

But it is kind of all round player with two 10 inch driver with internal active amplifier and high efficiency (spec 99db/w, but my guess is around 94 db/w from the experience of 99db/w full range).

You have to compromise between several factors.

Lansche 4.1 has very pristine treble due to its plasma tweeter.

Thus it is very difficult to find another speaker that suit my taste.

I am happy with Lansche 4.1 in my spacious listening space with high vault.



You have to find one which suit your taste compromising some factor.

But I know the tweaks in power supply do play important factors,

Power conditioner ( I had been happily using Spiritual Audio VX9 for 5 years), power cables, high end fuse and something like Perfect Path Technology matt and e-cards help to tame the sound.

There is no perfect speaker in the world.

Perfect speaker would be the size of a concert hall to be able to reproduce the sound of a full orchestra. And can you imagine amps to drive them ? And the size of your listening room.