Wow this is a earth shaking thread.
I think it’s completely overwhelming...
I think it’s completely overwhelming to people sometimes, maybe most times, when they come here to the Audiogon threads for advice. Most of the time they are going in the wrong direction right from the start, which in turn misleads 5 others down the the wrong road of suggestions.
I’m not sure what the answer is so I’m just throwing this out there for thoughts and to open a discussion about it.
I think you have to enjoy geeking out on all of the different equipment (speakers, amps, pre amps, dacs, tubes, speaker wire, acoustic treatments, power cords, outlets, power conditioners, on and on...it’s overwhelming for the poster who isn’t already interested in this. Also, I see all the time how people don’t look at the whole picture when it comes to achieving good sound. In my book, thats what makes an audiophile different. An audiophile can achieve great sound for a total of $1500; shoot, maybe a lot less. It’s actually more rewarding to put together a $500 system that knocks your buddies socks off than a $5,000 that no one understands why it’s so good.
Back to the point though. If someone has a 100 watt surround sound receiver, that clips under a 4 ohm load, and thinks it’s wise to spend $10,000 on speakers and call it game over, we may want to help them understand that it might be better to spend $3000 on an amp, $5000 on speakers, $1500 on cables.... whatever or however you personally think a system should be broken down.
I think that those of us who have experienced it for ourselves, can put together a $2500 set up that sounds great, when taking into consideration speaker placement and equipment choices and looking at the system as a whole.
I was at a time attack event a few years ago and there was this 18 year old girl (whom I’m sure had professional training / guidance) driving a stock, base model dodge neon around the track on 3 wheels faster than 60 year old rich guys in Porsche 911 Turbos. She’s an audiophile who just happened to get into racing instead. Just imagine what she could do with that Porsche 911 Turbo 😁
I’m not sure what the answer is so I’m just throwing this out there for thoughts and to open a discussion about it.
I think you have to enjoy geeking out on all of the different equipment (speakers, amps, pre amps, dacs, tubes, speaker wire, acoustic treatments, power cords, outlets, power conditioners, on and on...it’s overwhelming for the poster who isn’t already interested in this. Also, I see all the time how people don’t look at the whole picture when it comes to achieving good sound. In my book, thats what makes an audiophile different. An audiophile can achieve great sound for a total of $1500; shoot, maybe a lot less. It’s actually more rewarding to put together a $500 system that knocks your buddies socks off than a $5,000 that no one understands why it’s so good.
Back to the point though. If someone has a 100 watt surround sound receiver, that clips under a 4 ohm load, and thinks it’s wise to spend $10,000 on speakers and call it game over, we may want to help them understand that it might be better to spend $3000 on an amp, $5000 on speakers, $1500 on cables.... whatever or however you personally think a system should be broken down.
I think that those of us who have experienced it for ourselves, can put together a $2500 set up that sounds great, when taking into consideration speaker placement and equipment choices and looking at the system as a whole.
I was at a time attack event a few years ago and there was this 18 year old girl (whom I’m sure had professional training / guidance) driving a stock, base model dodge neon around the track on 3 wheels faster than 60 year old rich guys in Porsche 911 Turbos. She’s an audiophile who just happened to get into racing instead. Just imagine what she could do with that Porsche 911 Turbo 😁
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