Miracles in Audio, by luck, by good choices,by design or by tweaking...

Mahgister, you are like a patchwork quilt. Costly is a relative term. There is top notch equipment out there that is not at all frivolous relatively speaking. Better equipment is always a possibility. However there are things you can do that will greatly increase the performance of a system, room design and treatment are great examples. Isolating a turntable correctly is another. "Market conditioning" is exactly what convinces lay audiophiles to spend money on garbage that does absolutely nothing and at times makes things worse.
The main problem is that many audiophiles really do not know how or care to evaluate equipment and changes correctly. They think that just listening is enough. The problem with this is that it is not and they are giving advise based on this extraordinary faulty method. If they stayed within their own world then fine. But instead they tell people to "trust your own ears." It's like someone trying to get in a Moto GP race whose never been on a motorcycle. All you have to do is trust your own instincts right? Try that snow skiing and you will keep falling up hill. All you have to do is listen and you become an expert in evaluating audio equipment?

You are lucky!

I dissected you insane and completely sophistic post but i lost my page and i will not take the time to rewrite it...

It is completely stupid...

Comparing audio listener to racer of formula 1 ! 

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And why not imposing to them  the legal obligation  to buy  a  "listener" license after a course in electronic market consumerism to teach them  what they must buy in the future instead of using this low graded and dangerous  and "faulty"  sense called " hearing" anyway....

 Are you a stand up comic?

And why not imposing to them the legal obligation to buy a "listener" license after a course in electronic market consumerism to teach them what they must buy in the future instead of using this low graded and dangerous and "faulty" sense called " hearing" anyway....

You’ve made my Saturday, mahgister. Thanks))
People who listen to music with their eyes and not their ears seem to think that if they can’t figure out their musical preferences, then no one else can.

I will give an example of the LISTENER ENVELOPMENT concept and acoustical experience (LEV) for any audio system to test yourself...

It take a great control of the room to hear this :

Threepenny opera of Kurt Weill with Lotte Lenya 1958 version :

https://www.amazon.com/Weill-Threepenny-Opera-Kurt/dp/B0000026HI/ref=pd_sbs_2?pd_rd_w=6koxC&pf_r...

listen side no 15, The procurer ballad, 4minute 38 seconds:

In my room the male voice sound in my left ear like with an headphone, same for the feminine voice singing in my right ear at the same moment, the 2 voices seems coming from behind me, opposite to the speakers locations and the orchestra are in front of me behind the actual speakers, at 8 feet distance, filling all my wall between the speakers but behind this wall.... i have the impression of 2 other virtual speakers behind each side of my ears.... Like if there are 4 speakers in my room... There are many sides of this cd that give the same effect not only this 15th side...But this one is particularly spectacular...You will undestand why i trash my 7 headphones in a drawer and will never bought none other....

This is in my regular sitting position...

It is no more true in nearfield listening....Where the sound seems a "bit" more detailed but is less livelier or less natural and sound exactly like in an headphone but better with my speakers/room... Passive and active room controls work EVEN for near listening, contrary to a false popular misunderstanding of the way and of extraordinary speed of sound crossing the room and affecting it, in relation with the 80 milliseconds of critical analysis time treatment from the brain to make sense of these wavefronts travelling near 80 times per second in my room...Each wavefront is a bunch of frequencies travelling together...

It is an example of ACTIVE room control of the "listener envelopment" factor called LEV Listener envelopment ...LEV is the degree to which the reverberant sound, of the first main 2 wavefronts coming from the right and left speakers to the 2 ears directly but also indirectly from early and late reflections encounter themselves for each one of the ears and seems to surround the listener—to come from all directions, thanks to the active controls of the Helmholtz method...


This listener envelopment factor in relation with the source width factor (ASW) put you on the scene of the past recording live event and make you able to live anew the live event like the recording engineer choice of microphones and location choices of these same microphones make it possible, it is a perspective take on the real event created by the engineer...

The original event is not only in your room now, but you are actually there also....All recording are not on the same level of 3 dimensionnality it is the reason i choose this recording for a clear example....

Mahgister

I would like to purchase the world’s first hand made artisanal Listener Envelopment Sphere Helmholtz Mechanical Equalizer from you. I do not want a duplicate, subsequent iteration or refined version of the product, even if it is an improvement - only the original will do. Name your price.

Also, for a separate charge, I would like to purchase a set of in-person multi factor listening room tuning sessions (acoustic, mechanical, electrical and envelopment sphere). My wife has agreed to waive all aesthetic constraints, so you will not be limited whatsoever in our joint pursuit of sonic perfection. Included in the price will be first class airfare to NYC and a 5 star hotel stay. Cost no object - say when.

Thanks for the best funny post answer in my thread to date... 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

I am allergic to crowd of more than 2 people, and i have never travel in all my life...I navigated the infinite instead, reading...

I dont give a damn about money sorry....I am too old to need money either...



Take 24 pipes and tubes make them a telescopic array in various location of your room, select very thin diameter, 4 times thinner than a regular straw for the necks, experiment with the lenght, have fun and open your ears, and spare your money...

Or buy a 100,000 bucks audio system and convince yourself it is the best in the world even if it is not true...

Mine is the best in the world for his 500 bucks price, if not, one among the better....Anyway i dont give a damn when listening my music... Yesterday Satyagraha of Philip Glass... a big test for any audio system....


Then no need for money to upgrade.... No need to sell you anything....My mechanical equalizer is a free design idea for all....

In my life i was teaching university students in all fields how to read and what to read, and i prefer now to sell creativity and motivation in audio experiment like in my past job, than to sell products or books....

Nevermind the day, the sun is enthusiast even behind clouds and we walk with him under the rain.....

My best to you......