@asctim perfect post. We look at this stuff and put too much into it at times. In life there are way more important things.
WHY IS THERE SO MUCH HATE FOR THE HIGH END GEAR ON AUDIO GEAR?
It seems like when I see comments on high end gear there is a lot of negativity. I have been an audiophile for the last 20 years. Honestly, if you know how to choose gear and match gear a lot of the high end gear is just better. When it comes to price people can charge what they want for what they create. If you don’t want it. Don’t pay for it. Look if you are blessed to afford the best bear and you can get it. It can be very sonically pleasing. Then do it. Now if you are also smart and knowledgeable you can get high end sound at mid-fi prices then do it. It’s the beauty of our our hobby. To build a system that competes with the better more expensive sounding systems out there. THOUGHTS?
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The way people toss around the word “hate” these days can often be a bit much. Audiophiles are punchlines in society. Perhaps people haven’t heard high-end hear because they can’t afford it, have absolutely no reason to even consider pursuing it, and have 0 friends that have such gear. There are lots of groups that obsess over their one little thing and don’t seem to carry the same stigma of brazen snobbery as audiophiles. Cliches often become such for a reason. |
The problem with "cliches" is that they are not even true or wrong , they are caricature asking to be slogan and wanting to be repeated ... i obsess with my low cost audio system because it gave me the eternal joy of music listening ... My wife with a ears loss and looking at my modified speakers (100 bucks ) think that i am nuts but no snob jerk ... As you see there is exception all are not snob , some are simply "nuts" , myself i prefer to say of myself acoustically informed but it is too pedantic generally to say such thing , then call me "nuts" ...😁😊
«I will love to hate sometimes but it is too much work»--Groucho Marx 🤓
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@mahgister im sound obsessed. Every little detail. Soundstage depth width air realness of instruments decay etc. not afraid to admit it. |
I am like you sound fanatic if i am honest ...😊 But I am proud about the fact that i based my research on creativity and on the acoustics and mechanical and electrical factors upon which i can work at low cost ... I am not obsessed by gear... I cannot afford costly pieces of gear... Anyway i succeeded with my last small speakers modified to create relatively more than just good sound for the price invested ... But my refence top system is headphone... I used one of the top headphone in the world and the best of AKG ever ( his k701 for example is trash compared to the K340 even the K240 is not at all in the same ball park, the K1000 has no deep bass ) ...I modify it a bit and optimize it after 6 months of experiments ...This hybrid is so astonishing now than upgrading it is too risky business ... How many headphones can give a perfecy imahing and holographic, and a soundfield out of the head and a natural realistic timbre with deep clear bass at any price ? ( easy to verify with big organ music) Dont look too hard very, very few headphones, if they exist ...I dont need to buy one at 5,000 bucks ... I am proud of creativity not of my gear collection ... then there is different obsession types about sound ... 😁
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