A little note of encouragement from a reviewer of 13 years:
Stop being such a chicken! Scaredy cat! MMnnnnn - phooey! ;)
There are many more levels of sound quality improvement than you can imagine. You are not close to the ultimate.
For instance, as a thought experiment, imagine spending time in your home with some of the major genres of speakers - panel (magnetic planar or ESL, horn or horn hybrid, line array, etc. Just considering the different genres of speakers and the potential for improvement, you are far away from the potential that systems have that may sound far better to you, literally dozens of levels of sound quality. Frankly, there are more levels of sound quality available than audiophiles will experience. That is true for nearly all audiophiles, myself included. The odds are very good that you are nowhere close to your dream sound. Just because it sounds terrific to you in no way means it cannot get much, much better.
For instance, if you were to switch to a floor standing speaker, there would be many potential improvements associated with that move alone.
Keep a notebook of your current favorite system from first power cord to speakers. Make changes, and if you don’t like them, revert.
BTW, if your first priority is to not spend money, then pay a lot of attention to burn in, and tweaks. That will keep you right in the same performance zone, but you will have saved your money! :)
Stop being such a chicken! Scaredy cat! MMnnnnn - phooey! ;)
There are many more levels of sound quality improvement than you can imagine. You are not close to the ultimate.
For instance, as a thought experiment, imagine spending time in your home with some of the major genres of speakers - panel (magnetic planar or ESL, horn or horn hybrid, line array, etc. Just considering the different genres of speakers and the potential for improvement, you are far away from the potential that systems have that may sound far better to you, literally dozens of levels of sound quality. Frankly, there are more levels of sound quality available than audiophiles will experience. That is true for nearly all audiophiles, myself included. The odds are very good that you are nowhere close to your dream sound. Just because it sounds terrific to you in no way means it cannot get much, much better.
For instance, if you were to switch to a floor standing speaker, there would be many potential improvements associated with that move alone.
Keep a notebook of your current favorite system from first power cord to speakers. Make changes, and if you don’t like them, revert.
BTW, if your first priority is to not spend money, then pay a lot of attention to burn in, and tweaks. That will keep you right in the same performance zone, but you will have saved your money! :)