I am so happy.....

@mahgister While I appreciate the lecture on reality, and the presumptuousness of my ignorance as to the importance of room acoustics, I would counter that it is pretty black and white.

You have people that enjoy listening to music, and then you have people with a deep concern for the fidelity of their playback.  Sure, they enjoy listening to music too, but only after executing processes A, B, C, D, etc.  When this series of processes is finally completed, they say, “…phew!! Okay, NOW, I can enjoy listening to music.” There is a stark difference in thinking and behavior there.

To quote Karen’s mom from Goodfellas: “normal people don’t act like this!”

For sure you are also right !

But being right dont means that the point about which i spoke is out of the way or annihilated...

Reality could be black and white and is also more complex...It is a journey....

My point is motivated by the marketing consumerism among some audiophiles about the gear upgrade obsession and the forgotten acoustic science...

I listen music now after a few years of searches for the right components ( it is hard when your budget is near zero) and after 2 years of acoustic experiments....

Now i am like you, music is my only expanse in money or in time....

But in the past I loved music so much i dream all my life to BUY a high-end system... But i cannot... Then i solve the problem in experimenting with acoustic and then i realize it is not necessary to buy costly gear if you find your way to acoustic... I created my homemade devices and my room now is no more my laboratory only but my listening room...

I am here only to help those who have not realized the importance of acoustic OVER costly upgrade and make them conscious that acoustic is the frustration remedy ...

Then you see two people can be right at the same time even if they see things from different perspective like you and me...

Or in one sentence, acoustic successful method transform my audiophile neurosis in a healthy interest for music listening only WITHOUT almost any audio/sound quality upgrade interest remaing now...

My best to you....

And i apologize for my "lecturing" tone...

My English is in reality Frenglish : a mediocre english style of writing.... 😁😊

i hope you will understand and forgive my "square" syntax...

But you are right here also i can be a bit "presumptuuous" yes....😁😊

But admit also that acoustic research in audiophile circles is not so well known or perceived so essential... People neurosis come from their gear focus...Then i "lecture" them for sure about acoustic ... i apologize to you...

@mahgister While I appreciate the lecture on reality, and the presumptuousness of my ignorance as to the importance of room acoustics, I would counter that it is pretty black and white.

You have people that enjoy listening to music, and then you have people with a deep concern for the fidelity of their playback. Sure, they enjoy listening to music too, but only after executing processes A, B, C, D, etc. When this series of processes is finally completed, they say, “…phew!! Okay, NOW, I can enjoy listening to music.” There is a stark difference in thinking and behavior there.

To quote Karen’s mom from Goodfellas: “normal people don’t act like this!”

@mahgister I appreciate your thoughtfulness.

After taking a wonderful (to many, perhaps, humble) audio system from one home to another, with zero changes in gear in between, I was struck by the difference in sound quality.  Wow. What a difference.  Unfortunately, for the worse 🤣  My music sounded better in the old room.  Like, noticeably better.

I feel that your point about prioritizing room optimization in lieu of perpetual “upgrades” in electronics is valuable and helpful.  Arguably more substantial gains and almost always (depending on far one is willing to go in changing their listening room) far easier on the bank account.

Your experience is interesting indeed and will be helpful to some...

It is better to hear a message coming from more than one voice...

thanks for your generosity and understanding...

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However, the aptx-hd codec with bluetooth sounds great to me already. And to top that, the LGv60 has already a great DAC in it which I sometimes feed DIRECTLY into my Freya from the LG's headphone output. To tell you the truth, at my age, I cannot quite detect the difference :-)

Well at the end of the day, if you're happy and content with your setup who are we to question or rain on your parade. After all, it is about enjoying the experience. Enjoy my friend!