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A moment when you realized better sound was possible.

In 2001 i bought a car with an upgraded JBL sound system. As the years went by I got used to that sound, and one day I was listening to a CD in the car, and when I got home brought the CD in to continue listening. The sound on my home system was flat, dull and dead sounding in comparison. That realization started my on a quest for better sound, and years and dozens of speaker/amp combinations later, my home system sounds much, much better.
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iron57
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Likely to get flamed on this one, but my first "system" as an early teen was based on some no name floor speakers, a Technics integrated from a rack system, double cassette deck, and basic Kenwood TT.  Loved it.  Crushed the heck out of some cassette listening and raided my older sisters' LP collections (AC/DC, Billy Squier, Foreigner, Kiss).

Got an off-brand CD player from a pawn shop, first CD haul was Tom Petty, Billy Joel, BTO.  Hit the play button on that thing, and was blown away.  Not trying to argue that CD is better than tape or vinyl, but on that system with those components it sure as hell was.

I have still been living in mid to upper midfi, but heck I am happy with the way it's going.  With some of the high value proposition components out there these days, starting to feel like I am putting together a legit experience.


edcyn
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iron47 -- You're on your way!  Just try not to go bankrupt too quickly. And try not to make your neighbors too murderous.
iron57
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Thanks @edcyn!
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mkgus
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I have external crossovers. I read on a forum (maybe this one) about how solid core wire sounds different than stranded. I went to the hardware store and grabbed some 20 gauge solid core doorbell wire and ran that between the crossover and the tweeters. This was eye opening for me because it proved to me that cables do in fact matter. 
Two more experiences further opened my mind: upgraded interconnects and a power cable for my amplifier. I began to realize that virtually every piece of the chain is in a sense a component, which sent me on a mission to tweak every last piece of my system to get the best sound possible out of it.
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millercarbon
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I began to realize that virtually every piece of the chain is in a sense a component, which sent me on a mission to tweak every last piece of my system to get the best sound possible out of it.

"Virtually". Good one.
I began to realize that every piece of the chain is indeed a component, which sent me on a mission to tweak every last piece of my system to get the best sound possible out of it.

FIFY.
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