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I am so happy.....

That my upgradeitis is over before it even started.

I am so happy with the system I have, I want to share with everyone the fact that that even a very modest and cheap system can produce great sound for me and makes me happy to the point where I no longer have to search for improvements.

Call me ignorant if you want. Does not bother me even an iota. I will go the grave happier than everyone who is condescending.

I am using my own home made Neurochrome 686 stereo amp with 1000 VA medical grade toroidal, 160 amp rectifier (very little fwvd hence virtually no heat generated) and 200,000uF filter capacitors producing approx 220 watts rms/channel. It sounds just absolutely FANTASTIC.

My preamp is a Freya S. Speakers are B&W.

I have a Linn LP12 with SME 3009R and Nagaoka 500 and a Mani which I find that I listen to less and less in favor of the convenience and the dynamics and quietness of digital.

For my music server, wait for it......... I use an LG V60 phone, which has a great in built DAC, which I bought for $300 brand new on ebay ($1200 retail but no longer made) using the lossless Apple Music and Qobuz apps. I use an AuidoEngine B1 as my bluetooth receiver to which the LG phone can send aptX-HD which I can actually also connect directly to the Freya S on occasion.

The combination sounds simply fantastic to my ears and I listen to it for hours grateful that this technology available today provides this gift to me.

Just as I am writing this, I am listening to smooth jazz "Euge Groove Slow jam" and it is just sublime.

 

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mahgister
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Thinking that only money can buy Hi-Fi is idolatry, fetichism of the gear by corporate market conditioning coupled to acoustic and psycho-acoustic ignorance...

I am not satisfied, i am in heaven with a 3D soundscape in two listening positions...

My 500 bucks system trash all my 8 headphones...And his ratio S.Q./price is over the roof...

Many system are better than mine yes, but trust me i am not so far behind.... It is easy to verify....

For sure i will not convince deluded people who compare DIRECTLY high end audio system to a Ferrari and other low cost one to a volkswagen... Simplistic car metaphor dont work sorry, because they forgot the tire/ road and environment condition AKA the speakers/ room acoustic...

Thanks Helmholtz ... Father of acoustic and psycho-acoustic science...

sokogear
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Audiophiledom is a journey, not a destination. To me, by definition an audiophile is someone who appreciates great sounding music produced on high quality equipment and has a passion for improving that sound on a continuing basis. The level of obsession or frequency of tinkering varies by the individual, but it is never done. There is always what's next. There is no end point - there may be plateaus, which may last for quite a while, but if you are an audiophile, you never stop wondering what if?????

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mahgister
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Audiophiledom is a journey, not a destination.

 

The journey has a destination and a final end point for those who know acoustic...

The others frantically change gear in an obsessive never ending unsatisfaction..Or deal stoically with unsatisfaction or are happy  with music and a not very good sound...

 Now I listen music without dreaming about  an upgrade...My speakers/room tuning is optimal....I dont need anything else...

My actual system has 8 years in my room... But i learned enough acoustic only during  the last 2 years...It is not simple matter...But it is now done...

All in all peanuts costs... The journey make well more sense with low cost and a ratio S.Q. /price over the roof... This is the GOAL...

But i never wanted to listen my favorite music WITHOUT an acoustical relative perfection learning  stoically to deal  with a low level quality sound ... i wanted audiophile relative top level experience...That was my goal...At the lower cost...I succeeded...

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pcrhkr
276 posts
 

I am very happy for you!  Happiness with your system is all that matters! Congrats!

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shinemaster
37 posts
 

Good for you! Happy Listening. 🎼👌🏼

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