Adding even a few well placed and sized panels increased my enjoyment of my current setup for far less than any $5000 power cable, $3000 usb cable, $10000 set of speaker wires or $500 fuse ever could. That is the most well kept secret in audio. I don't know who is at fault though. Dealers that profit from the upgrade cycle caused by bad acoustics or simply "audiophiles" that enjoy pulling the trigger on stuff you plug in but don't know what panels to buy or where to hang them. |
@everyone I’m not negating the room plays a huge part in sound but I do believe in the high end gear if it’s really good. If you place high end well built and designed gear in a really great room and acoustic environment it sounds like heaven. I’m not going to negate the room especially the treated rooms at all but at the same time place high end gear in a really great environment if you have matched it properly and it is designed well you truly can hit it out the park. However all of us don’t have the perfect listening environments but a lot of us can still get great sound. |
@everyone I do get what you are saying about people not talking about how much the room plays a part. Just cause you spend a lot of money doesn’t mean you have a great system either. It is a lot of things. EQUIPMENT, ROOM, MATCHING, CABLING ETC. All of these things can play a part. Now I will say a better matched mid fi system can beat a hi end system if it’s matched properly and placed in the right environment. Some folks sell you stuff that doesn’t work well together just because that’s the brands they sell. I get that part too. |
If you place high end well built and designed gear in a really great room and acoustic environment it sounds like heaven. +1 However all of us don’t have the perfect listening environments but a lot of us can still get great sound. If you want easy peasy a room kit from Sonitus is the way to go. high end gear in a really great environment if you have matched it properly and it is designed well you truly can hit it out the park. I chose to go mostly with active speakers where the designer matches each driver with a monoblok amp and an active crossover. Yes, there are many paths but that is a quick one. It also saved me budget from buying external amps and speaker cables on a LOT of speakers. Now I will say a better matched mid fi system can beat a hi end system if it’s matched properly and placed in the right environment. This is the nice thing about this hobby, as the OP said earlier, there are a lot of paths to get good results. |
