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!
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 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...
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. |
The gear listed in my system (sans cables, tubes, power conditioning, surge protection, the rack and custom shelves) was purchased for around $1300. Love this system and have been using it for 20 years now. The mini system I use @ the computer (Sharp SD-EX111/Polk RT15i) was purchased for $88.50. $75 for the Sharp on closeout (had been $500) and $13.50 for the speakers @ a local thrift ($15 less my senior discount;-). I owned/drove a Citroen DS-19 for 8-9 years and the cost of doing so (including the purchase price, annual insurance/registration fees and maintenance) came in @ around $10K. When I compare that car to an equipment rack or a cable selling for around the same price ($10K) things become both more confused and more clear @ the same time. I find it difficult to judge anything by its cost as we all have our different takes on "value". The following link shows a DIY system that definitely cost more the the $88.50 I spent on the mini-system. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DHGjFdnGT_Q
DeKay
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