Why Don’t You Post Your System on Your Profile?

Some brands names and some price tags for sure indicated something in the quality design scale ...

But when i look at virtual system, which is very rare , i look more at the room than at the pieces brand names...😊

What someone can say about my actual system sound quality , now headphone based for reason of space in a smaller house, looking at my Sansui Alpha , My low cost battery/bank Hidizs dac and my Headphone AKG K 340 ? NOTHING...😊

He cannot understand nor see all my optimizations and modifications to the audio system parts..

Worst , i did not need an acoustic room , then he cannot disparage as ridiculous my acoustic room now with his ignorant sarcasms as some did ...😊

If you want to know if someone had a good sound , look at his room first, next read his posts to measure his satisfaction level versus his upgrading urgency rthytm , learn if he is obsessed by price tag, and draw a conclusion...

Or be a jerk as the seller who ridicule my peanuts cost dedicated acoustic room and audio component because it was more easy to ridicule my system than to answer my objections about the artificial sound of his main costly room tweak with an artificial soundfield so evident we can hear it through youtube... Acoustic cannot be bought with a costly tweak...

i never bought tweaks , i created the one i used , and i dont need upgrade now more than ever...Even if some upgrade could be possible for me for sure at twenty time the cost of my actual system ..

is it possible to hear top hi-fi at under 1000 bucks for a system ? Yes... It ask for serious work and experiments but it is possible...I did it...

And sometimes miracles happen... I own one of the best designed headphone ever now... To beat it you need an acoustic room and very refined components...

 

 

How do i know ?

it is because i know how to define 4 elements in the soundfield after my experiments in my room, most reviewers identify only two of them clearly in their reviews, and this indicated something about their acoustic experience 😊 ...

Four soundfield characteristics as experienced in a good system ( i dont put the timbre experience as one of the soundfield characteristics , because it is so basic , it must be First and LAST criteria.. :

---imaging differentiation between sound sources

---Soundstaging three dimensions VARYING sizes because it MUST BE recording dependant and contain all sound sources together...It must not be fixed once for all...

---the Holographic volume of EACH sound source in his own space, it is called holographic because it is 3-D

---Immersivenes : acoustically defined as the balanced ratio between the sound sources holographic volume dimensions and the listener envelopment, or the way a listener is included in the "extent" soundfield which is represented by this abbreviatons ratio in acoustic ASW/LV ... To do this someone must control reflective surface/absorbing/diffusive one ratios and the timing of all reflective surfaces, some are useful other destructives.. The dimension of the room and his geometry, topology and content is the start point, the timing of the waves the end point... The pressure distribution zones of the sound must be tamed..I used Helmholtz resonators tuned mechanically to do so ...

 

Then why judging people on some esthetical images and brand names ?

The room acoustic controls , the owner satisfaction as a sign of experience , and the poster explanations are my three indications... For sure some marvellous dedicated room say it all.. the sound must be good... But trust me, an image is not enough at all, the 4 characteristics of a soundfield cannot be evaluated without listenings...

By the way if i had plenty of money my dedicated room would had been very esthetical not a mess.. But i am proud of my soundfield at the end not of the look...

Never judge people on appearance.. never judge system by prices or esthetic...

Judge them by their arguments, and experience and knowledge...

 

 

 

The OP raises a good question and I personally have been on this site for almost 24 years now I guess I never felt a need. Things have changed since my early days here and everything certainly has changed since then. It seems to me that everything now is open game to be discussed in the public domain whether it is personal or private in nature. I have never subscribed to using any public forum outside of Audiogon, to vet any personal or private material and will remain that way. With that said, some of the reasons I have not gone down the OP's request is that I do not know how, and also for privacy reasons as I have noted. Some of these systems can and do cost a lot of money and I would think that some may have a general reluctance to post photo's due to insurance and also security reasons. Also, some may have decided not to post due to the fear of some unscrupulous people in this world who have bad intentions. 

@garebear

Based on your security concerns, I’m assuming that a member’s address is stored on Audigon servers should they buy, or sell.

I don’t believe that such information is stored for those that only use the forum. So, for these members there shouldn’t be any security concerns unless they post something that gives away their address. Is this a correct understanding?

The only other possible way to locate a member would be geo data on uploaded photos, but I question if this information can be determined via the virtual system photos and such data can be stripped from photo prior to uploading.  Again, I don’t know if this is a correct understanding.

Each to their own in pursuit of a dream…

I have a wonderful photo of my listening room that I will not post for reasons of the privacy of the people in the picture.  It is of my then-teenage daughter and 20 or so of her friends, enjoying soft drinks, snacks they made themselves in our kitchen, all while sitting around taking turns playing Guitar Hero on the projection TV.  A rare few would try a go at the multi-keyboard organ next to the TV, where they could use the built-in recorder to save a copy of whatever they chose to play at the moment.  On the other side of the room another inspired soul would occasionally bang out whatever on the piano.  Somewhat discordant chaos, but almost always fun.  Enjoyment was the purpose of that room.  

For my own use, on evenings when the mob was away at a game, I would occasionally tinker in the bowels of my component rack, which was a 10’ wide series of open back bookcases against a wall that had 4 doors opening behind the bookcases, opening into our garage so I could easily get to the back side of the components to re-wire as necessary.  This was an entertainment system, emphasizing versatility over perfection, and even now I still enjoy everything from 78’s to open reel, and even the lowly cassette, which my Nak Dragon manages to do a decent job of copying whatever is on my Dual Golden 1 turntable so I can enjoy it in the car. Crown and Marantz amps tried desperately to drive Bose 901 series 1’s backed by some floor-standing Infinity speakers to a level that could be heard over the crowd on some days, while, when I was able to enjoy a moments’ peace, I preferred to enjoy some chamber music from the vantage point of what was left of my favorite chair.

Was I IMPRESSED by the sound?  Occasionally.  Was everyone PLEASED by their experiences in that room?  On most occasions, I think so.  I was able to tinker, tweak and relax.  Either way, I got to ENJOY the time I spent there, and I think that is the point.  Some folks enjoy showing off what they have, others enjoy sharing an aural experience, others just want to close their eyes and feel the recreation of an idea that became the music in their ears.  

I also enjoy the experience of reading and seeing how others maximize their personal enjoyment of sound.  Since no two individuals will ever identically perceive a moment in time, the sharing on this forum is a source of guidance on what works well for at least one person, and may be of value to others of similar tastes and perceptive abilities.  The settings that work best for me will drive my wife out of the room, as she has totally different hearing than I do.  I have imperfect ears, and thus “perfectly accurate fidelity” sounds nice, but sometimes no better to me now than a cell phone across the room.  60 years ago, when I got my first multi-track reel-to-reel deck, things were different on so many levels. That does NOT mean I cannot appreciate and enjoy a truly fine system in a carefully set up listening space, but I will not experience anything similar to what you do. We will both enjoy it in our own way.  

I would like to thank all those who offer to explain what and why the elements that make up their entertainment space sound the way they do. Some love sound. Some love the chase of “perfection”, but unlike the dog who succeeded when they tried to catch the car, none of us will ever get there, but it can still be fun to just enjoy sharing the thrill of the chase…