I’ve never called myself "we" even during communism and have seen stereo system built from scrap components (in Cuba) and sounding TERRIFIC.
Have you ever seen a card-board upright bass?
They know we will pay anything they can think of
Anyone have any idea how long ago Hifi manufacturers discovered we (audiophiles) will pay almost anything chasing our perfect sound? I individualized it because each of us are reaching for our own personal nirvana. You can go to any audio show, see someone point to a piece of equipment and ask the price. Out comes a price you know the rep made up while sitting in his office wondering how much he can ask those sick people to pay. We know advertising, manufacturing, and overhead is relatively expensive but we also know that the asking price should take care of that if he sells maybe 4 or 5 of them all year. Knowing that I have paid quite a bit for equipment over the years that I knew I shouldn't have but did anyway.
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@mike_in_nc The next time a tax cut comes up.... refuse it. You may have more money than you know what to do with so this post probably isn't really for you. |
I created my acoustic room with plumber tubes from my basements for 100 Helmholtz resonators... I used mechanical crossfeed to improve the holographic acoustic perception.. I used foldable screens as lenses and diffusors or absorbers or reflectors...And many other improvised devices at very low costs , a few bucks, nothing marketed as tweaks except springs and cheap Schumann generators i modified etc ... I lost my room... I dwelved then in my unloved 200 bucks small speakers i owned from 10 years ago or 12 and put them on computer function for all this time because i never bother to optimize them to begin with ...After the lost of my acoustic room i had no other choice nor any other speakers to work with save the unloved one ... I transformed them with cardboard and straws and isolation and damping and i put them in a small acoustic corner of my basement ... They go now from their unsufficient 85 hertz to 50 hertz which is enough 😁... My best optimization control was wood plates beside each speakers to mechanically decrease crosstalk in near field listening now... My system is so good in near listening i cannot quit the music imaging, timbre and soundstage... This small box system is better than my past headphones, with the exception of my main audiophile system now headphone based... How is the cost of audiophile experience ? Peanuts costs if you learn basic electrical, mechanical, and especially acoustical embeddings controls... By the way i am not an engineerr nor a very talented craftworthy person.... .But many experiments cost nothing and acoustic is fun to learn in its basic...Forget equations, experiment with the simple principles behind the equations and dont bother for perfection... We must learn how to hear using acoustic concepts applied... Audio is like medecine , learn to know your body needs and stay away from doctors if not chirurgically necessary; and learn acoustic basics and stay away from audio marketing.... Many people prefer to pay than to learn because it takes time and they prefer the power of money to knowledge..... Marketers count on this to make money...
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Time to become garage sale junkie driving around in pickup truck in the richest neighborhoods. You can get everything there even cheaper. I’m living example. I’ve forgotten path to hi-end dealer and I forgot an amazon and ebay link all together. How about a couple of B&W N3 for $400 per pair MINT? There's 88 years old dude with around 2b net-worth currently in the coma under the ventilator and he's got MBL speakers and components. His kids are both dumber then Coala bear and his wife has never been out of Rx drugs for the past few decades. Guess What's coming next... me offering 2 grand for entire set and if too low, I'll ad another 500. |
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