I tried 8 speakers in 6 months. I finally took out an old pair from my garage from 20 years ago. It sounded as good as the best new pair that I kept. It was pure magic
Am I Getting Soft Here?
I’ve just been loving my stereo lately, this despite the fact everything is far from bank-breakingly expensive and is, well, at least a few years old. Right now I’m streaming CD quality music from Idagio and the sound is just glorious. Timbres are lovely. Sure, I’m listening to a modest. perhaps a ten person Baroque chamber ensemble, but there’s a convincing sense of image, dynamics and space. I’m not in the first row of the venue but I’m far from the nosebleed section or hidden in a corner. Hoping I’m not cursing things with this post!
NOLA Boxer Speakers. Primaluna Integrated amp. Cambridge Audio streamer. Interconnects, etc., at a similar quality level. But yeah, I was able to build my listening room pretty much to audiophile precepts, and everything is painstakingly positioned.
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I love this thread. Back to the roots. Bigger/ more expensive isn’t better, better is better. @edcyn Well done!! |
Exactly. It's called learning and learning increases enjoyment! [FWIW, I like the word "mind" (the part of you with language, judgement, interpretation) instead of brain (neurons, blood vessels, etc.) but that's a technicality.]
Maybe that holds for you, but it was other people who helped me hear new things. If I was left to only myself, I'd still be listening to a far inferior system. They said things like, "Listen for the 'soundstage' and see if you can tell the instruments' position on the stage." Or they said, "Listen to the difference between a clear, taut bass and a boomy/muddy one." "Oh, now I get it," I said. "Thanks for helping me hear a difference I wasn't hearing before." Turns out it was not just about what I heard. It was what other people could hear that I couldn't hear yet. They taught me to hear better. Maybe you think that every man is an island when it comes to the achievements of audiophile taste; in my experience, it takes a village. |
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