What are the odds......

The odds that you will create from an ordinary audio system a best one if you " listen and experiment" is near certainty....

On the other end, the forums are also filled with a proportion of people not so enthralled sometimes by their upgrading purchase...A minority tough, but not always a small one.... 😁


Experiments in audio are like Pascal's bet, they cost nothing and may give you a big reward, then...... 

Making system sound better is usually not due to chance or luck but thoughtful evaluation and adherence to known concepts. It is also easy to make things worse. Usually when that happens it is because I fell for false marketing which I have done on three or four occasions. It is also not just the sound but rather how the system works and looks. We all have a high degree of pride in ownership. Having a system that is easy to use, well set up in nice cabinetry and void of any irritating quirks increases that pride. As an example the Oppo is a great value and does a lot of things no other unit will do. It functions as my video switcher. However, it's transport is the slowest I have ever used. You can measure the time it takes to open on a sun dial. I am working on getting rid of it. I'll probably go with the McIntosh Blu Ray player which supposedly has a great transport.
A system that looks good and works good always sounds better. There is nothing wrong with using psychoacoustics to good effect. Sounding better is sounding better, no mater how you get there. The word, psychoacoustics has such negative connotations with audiophiles and it should not. I just hate seeing some companies taking advantage of this to steal your money with phony marketing. You can work with your system taking advantage of psychoacoustic without spending piles of money on voodoo witchcraft.  

I just create on the spot in the last hour a new Helmholtz resonators of another kind that the few one i used already, without being inesthetically horrible, they are not esthetical....Total success at the first try....

I then exclude the placebo psych-acoustical effect of beauty in front of the eyes with his alleged  effect on the ears...

It take me 30 minute to use 2 different size of tubular pipes of reinforced plastic for plumber...Gluing them on a wood base...

No negative effect, more imaging, better mid bass....I will experiment with different shape and size definitively to refine the effect....


Dont bother with anything except your ears, dont accept to be afraid by the alleged complexity of the matter by so called specialist, perfection dont exist, improvement does....

Risk: zero ... Dividend: over the roof...

For the low money cost: discarded plumber tubes.... I enter heaven.....


Dont upgrade before creating mechanical,electrical and importantly acoustical embeddings controls....

Or pay 10,000 dollars to be assured that your device will be warrented by engineering science and in the rightful state of the art...

I prefer to pay peanuts and the warrenty of my ears is more than enough....

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I was bored and thought I'd check in to the forums since I rarely do.  I left because some people make it a less than enjoyable place.  This is the first thread I opened and was immediately reminded about why I left.  Closing my account now.  

Sorry for you...

Enthusiasm is not for everyone taste it seems....

By the way i am never bored...And putting in a corner dont appear necessary for me... 😁


Anyway my best to you....