To answer your final question (ended with an exclamation point), absolutely not. There are many companies who make high quality, great sounding gear that doesn’t break the bank. A lot of the high end stuff is a lot about the looks with D’Agostino as one example.
Interesting situation! Do we need this....
I had a very interesting and unsettling experience that brings this hobby all together...or rips it apart. Recently, I bought a pair of Fluence SX6 speakers, on sale at Amazon for $120 pair. A small, black, two way bookshelf speaker. Highly-positively reviewed. My plan was to pull the drivers to use in another project. I couldn't buy drivers and crossovers like this for $120(More on this later)...Anyways, I was listening to my new kit amplifier, AKITIKA Z4 that I recently built...Streaming Quobuz...The Fluance speakers were set up next to the KEF LS50 Metas as I had used them previously to test yet another kit amplifier, Nelson Pass' ACA Mini.....For six hours I was simply amazed at how great the AKITIKA kit amp sounded. Massive sound stage, tight, well defined bass, some of the best vocals I've heard, the "AIR" around jazz instruments was fantastic!.....a system to behold...playing through my KEF LS50 Metas....Six hours later, after all types of music, it was time to call it a night (or early morning)....As I go to shut down the system, I realize that all night I was listening to the Fluance speakers!!! They were placed side by side with the KEFs. Do we really need any of this high end equipment to really enjoy the music!
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@rbertalotto -- Your accidental discovery highlights what I've been preaching to anyone that'll listen since purchasing my Fluance RT-85 Turntable in 2018. That is....Fluance gear punches WAY ABOVE its weight class and price point. Absolutely embarrasses some other bigger-named and much more heavily marketed competitors. Fantastic gear for both newbies to the hobby, and seasoned listeners putting together an extra "budget friendly" room.
Enjoy the music, Allen |
I like my cars Bose system and listen to it for days on trips. I listen to my apple EarPods, HomePods for hours sometimes. My second system has a cheap dac, ps audio sprout 100 with revel floor standing speakers. I like this system over many I heard at last years Tampa Bay audio show that cost around $50k. I enjoy listening to any of these system for hours, but my system in my dedicated listening room far surpasses the sprout/revel system, but it should at 30x the cost. When I go to audio shows, I’m more amazed how good the cheaper systems are compared to most of the high end systems. I thought most of the systems I heard in Tampa sounded terrible or mediocre for the money. But there are still systems in the high end that sound magical but the field is limited |
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