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I have a newer system that I assembled earlier this year. It includes the Luxman D-10X CD/SACD player, a Constellation Audio Integrated, Perlisten S7t speakers, and an older Music Hall MMF-7.1 tt with a Grade Sonata.
I had two friends over Saturday, and they love music but could not care less about sound. They often hook up their phone to my system and play MP3 files. Truly horrible sound, but they never cared.
I asked them to sit on the sofa and I played music, some they knew, some they did not.
The woman said it seemed like they were at a live concert. The man said (and he is very cynical about nearly everything) that he never cared about "this audiophile thing", but he has never heard anything this great.
I doubt they will ever change what they listen on at their home, but I was so pleased that they were open enough to drop the cynicism and listen.
By the way, this system is in a big room, and it sounds spectacular.
@larsman I completely concur, ain't no rules and did not intend to imply as such One of the beauties of our hobby is the only rules or boundaries are between the confines of the ears of the beholder No right or wrong, only different and they all matter I do a little singing at times but more of an air guitar guy myself Rock on brother and enjoy the journey |
@artemus_5 I am with you 100%.
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Ah yes, @xcool , that does bring back the memories. We'd get together after work or on the weekends and fire up my Magnavox receiver and put in an 8-Track or put on an LP and the peace pipe would come out. . . . We didn't know what imaging or sound stage or transparency was . . . but we sure had fun. Now my sound is in a completely different league, but I don't have near as much fun. |
Hey @immatthewj, good old memories indeed! My first stereo system was all Pioneer stuff that included a receiver, a turntable, and a pair of speakers. And my first cartridge was a Stanton with a nice little brush attached. They were purchased with my hard earned summer job money. I later added a top of the line Pioneer cassette deck. Looking back, I wish I have kept my cassette deck instead of throwing it out after I switched to CD's. One of the favorite things that my friends would do was to come to my place and I would make a cassette for them from my album collections. Essentially a playlist put together mechanically. 😀 |
