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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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grislybutter
2,269 posts
 

@dougthebiker 

i was going to edit my comment and add: I don’t care how much my system is worth, it’s not about the money. Understanding what improves the sound have less to do with big bucks investments and more with knowledge 

dougthebiker
184 posts
 

We’ll said, grislybutter.

grislybutter
2,269 posts
 

"You know you're there when when the music is so emotionally involving you have to force yourself to stop listening"

it's good to have quotes like this for quantifying things we can't measure. Sometimes I listen to albums so many times (and I can't stop) I wonder if the wear will be noticeable.

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daledeee1
512 posts
 

So many people sound like my experience.   Sold everything raised my kids. Retired, started over.  I'm not rich.  I don't have audio stores, a society, or any audiophiles around.

So I bought speakers and had some equipment.  And I am such a wise man, I sold all my albums YEARS ago.

So I came here.  Sorted through the fights, good and bad advise.  Just a couple weeks ago I added a couple "snake oil" tweaks.  I finally realize what everybody means.  The music sounds full, rich and involving. I get goosebumps.  I  keep saying I'm done.  

ghdprentice
6,382 posts
 

@daledeee1

Yep, I keep saying I am done as well. Then I realize I hadn’t optimized this power cord or Ethernet thing or venue adjustment, and then, wow… another notable improvement. All being additive… it is amazing at the amount of improvements I have gotten for so little money (a good thing after buying my components a couple years ago).

On the other hand this is what I have done after every upgrade cycle over the decades with the same result. But each time I do it I am surprised at the magnitude of the improvement.

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