What is Your End Game System?

Unleashing the beast is sometimes more important than a perfect room with golden ratios and treatment. I am happy that my current house is free standing and no neighbours to complain. Nothing beats +90db of Gojira 🤘

I like the race car analogy.

To make it faster and better there are hundreds or thousands of elements.

As with a stereo system.

Can a destination system be attainable? Or will “audiophilia” prevent this?

In retirement, my system has become central. 4 hours of vinyl and 4 hours of 2 channel HT. Cool “job”.

Recently “coming home” to Quad 57s, there is a search for the “right” amp.

This also brought up upgrading my analog front end.

The end is not quite in sight, but maybe close?

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FWIW, I just added the before and after calibration measurements of my system in my profile/virtual system if anyone is interested. The calibration software was the paid upgrade for Audyssey Pro license and the necessary calibrated mic which is on a totally different level than the software and mic that comes with the unit when you buy it.

I like the race car analogy.

@mglik the race car analogy is good.
…most people want to spend money on every part for just a chance of speed, and fewer spend the money on the driver training, which can be applied to any vehicle that they get into.

@kota1 mentioned measuremen@ghdprentice mentioned speaker placement. These are the overlaps with race car analogy.
Until a driver is consistent, it is a waste of time to use their lap times as a metric for speed improvements.

The other overlap is trying to use money to make up for skill… which might be akin to using ICs to make up for system deficiencies?

@mglik , are you considering monoblocks for the Quad 57’s? I am not an amp expert but the reviews on the Van Alstine DVA M225 monoblocks seem to say that it hits way above its price. It has a preamp that is designed for it, the DVA Digital preamp.

"Gentleman, start your engines": :)