New Audiophile going crazy
My first true audiophile speakers were those B&W 802 series80's, and I loved them!! Very inefficient, but very smooth, neutral, and incredible imaging.... I actually bought them used in college in '86. Even today, I think they still can be a great value, in in nice condition. Crossovers could use some new caps though! Then in '89, I bought some brand new Sequels. |
OK, ok....Submit to your dark side, go lease a warehouse of apropos size to fit what you've got And whatever you might consider adding in the future and recreate something like this: https://www.vice.com/en/article/wnnayb/the-wall-of-sound Make sure the locks work and there's no windows. Buy the biggest spools of cables you might think you'll need for the project. Coffee is a given. Alcohol will likely be applied. Drugs optional. Have one of those "I've fallen, and I can't get up!" buttons just in case you shatter your eardrums and brain has turned to the liquidity of wallpaper paste. Let me know on Day One, Selection One occurs so I can set up some remote cameras..... Audiophile Commits Sonic Suicide, Section A, page one, above the fold. (Oh, that's right.....no one looks at newsprint anymore....) |
Some great advice here. I’ve come to the realization that for a minute I’m good on equipment, although, I’m in Atlanta and would like to see the Lexicon amp (Audiobill1). I did go ahead and finish out the system my wife and daughter watch with a B&W HTM2 center channel speaker and B&W 300W sub to go with the 805 Nautilus for a really nice 3.1 system. Got them one of the LG OLED 65” tv’s. I got to tell you, the picture is awesome. In HT I swapped out the equipment for a Mac MX135 and MC 7108. The 7108 is great bridged at 100W / ch, but only four channels so I think I need one more to run 7.1. But that’s it!! I’m going to take someone’s advice from up above an just listen for a while. iagree with all here who were nice enough to tell their own audio-fever stories. I don’t see it going away,and I can’t help but look through all the online markets for the “Great deals”. Hey WYF, you only live once, it’s not a dressed rehearsal. 🤒 |
I am going through the same thing as OP, but maybe on a shorter budget. I bought a set of Polk SDA-2s and was amazed at how much better they sound than anything else I have had in my house. And once you start looking, it is hard to turn that spigot off... I found a bargain on a set of Polk 10b, and than I looked closely at my pretty nice sounding basement speakers I saw they are Polk 7. Then I dusted off my Marantz 2015 and found it needs some love, so I am getting that cleaned up. So now I am trying to get a few systems to make each of my speakers sound great. One of the amps that gets mentioned as a good match for the Polk SDA-2s is the OP's Adcom- I'd be interested in that. I'm currently running off a Yamaha AV RX-679. It advertises 100W/channel but it sounds muddy. I'm still looking, and the spigot still seems to be on... |
