Did a satisfaction threshold exist under 1000 bucks ?


Is there a minimal/optimal subjective and also objective threshold of minimal satisfaction ?
 
If so, many upgrade chasing may seems like a dog chasing his tail....😁
 
I just live through one of this upgrading  event...
 
My system is very good, and when i tried to upgrade it , it was more a curiosity about the new amplifier than a real need...
 
But keep in mind that my system is 700 bucks for all components... My upgrade trying cost 1000 bucks...😁
 
Anyway i myself think that there is objective acoustic factors that define good sound, and when these factors are there on this threshold line , most upgrade are a change not always for the better  not an improvement...
 
Am i alone who live throught this ? am i alone to be satisfied by under 1000 bucks system, headphone and speakers dac and amplifier included ?😁
 
For sure i listen alone... Many had wife and friends listening with them... This implicate costlier system able to accomodate a room , not headphone or small speakers for one in an acoustic corner for one ...
Anyway am i alone in acoustic bliss with under 1000 bucks system ?
 
 
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I modified my small speakers M-Audio AV40 so much well they are completely transformed...

I add cardboard cylinder around the tweeter to make easier imaging and directionality toward my listening position... Impressive results...

Then i increased the Internal volume of the small box with the right bundle of 20 tubes( straws for one dollar) i put them in the rear porthole... Results as astonishingly good no drawbacks...It is simple Helmholtz design applied... Now i have more bass depth , more extension too... The explanation is to be look for in any basic acoustic book...

New speakers completely... They were very well reviewed but now they beat or rival most headphones in near listening save my AKG K340 for sure...

Audiophile results dont equate only with "price tag" ... It is acoustics basic for me....

Think twice before qualifying my acoustic experiments by "tin foil hat"... What i did is based on acoustics not foolishness... 😊

 

No designer can sell a small box with tubes going out at the rear and tube going out in front... I can....

These are my third and fourth systems. Number 1 and 2 are still much more costly, but I have been successful downsizing all around in recent years accordingly as a result of not being afraid to first try less expensive and easily returnable things that do not necessarily have the high end audio industry "blessing". Meaning I am less prone to simply throw money at the problem than in past years, which is a positive development.

I can forget sound easily and focus on music because my basic acoustic needs are satisfied:  Imaging , sound staging, holography,  timbre, etc

You have arrived a totally blessed place!

Hopefully everyone else can join you, there!

I am a music lover first, but i am also an audiophile; give me 100,000 bucks i will go with ghdprentice club...😊

I never said that my 2 systems are audiophile ceiling , only at the audiophile minimal floor starting point for the speakers, but higher for my headphone which is a unique design a top one in all headphone history ...

My next upgrade will be not the headphone nor the amplifier but the dac, i dream to buy a BACCH filters dac system...

You have arrived a totally blessed place!

Hopefully everyone else can join you, there!

As you see even totally satisfied i dream anyway... But the BACCH system is way more than an upgrade to be truthfull,... I will not upgrade probably save with that...

Would love to try the new Fosi V3 with a pair of large high quality high efficiency speakers that I do not own currently.  I would go in with very high expectations.

 

If anyone with large good quality high efficiency speakers would like to try that,  I'd be interested in the results.  Could a $140 Class D amp be a reasonable alternative to a 10X or more pricey tube amp that would normally be assigned the job?  Inquiring minds want to know!    The Fosi V3 with upgrade power supply is only $140 on Amazon and easily returnable.

$100 to $200 Pioneer portable dsd player and a pair of $100 to $200 Sony studio monitor headphones and I would be very happy.