@maghister you are right the sound has to go to the listener. Speaker positioning is important. Placement if done right in a tough room means everything.
High End System Building. How important is the matching, cabling and room? Thoughts ?
The last 20 years as an audiophile and now a dealer has taught me a very important lesson. Everything matters. The equipment can be great but no matter how much you spend the matching is very important. The cabling is also important. Some think cabling is all about making it sound better. I prefer my cabling to not get in the way. It’s like it can’t be a clogged faucet for your sound. Materials and shielding are very important. In addition to that the room is very important. You may not have a perfect room but you build your system to work in the room you have. I don’t have all the answers but you can’t just spend money and have a great system. Combination of equipment, cabling and room has gotten me there. I’ve tried a lot of gear and cables and this is how I feel. What are your thoughts everyone?
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evon when they spec compatibly, some components sound better together than others. |
You are completely right ... Synergy matter first and last for sure... Nobody will build an acoustic room around non synergetical components... It takes to much time to do acoustic without first owning a relatively well done synergy... Synergy is so basic that it appear evidently even in a non controlled room , and even when the other faqctors electrical and mechanical had been adressed... But it is so evident i mention almost never synergy when i spoke about the three main embeddings controls : acoustical,electrical and mechanical...We must own a system BEFORE optimizing it ...Then we ask for a minimal synergy and embeddings controls optimization begin after that ...
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Calvin +1 , I agree with you . Money can’t shortcut this hobby. You can afford expensive components but they need to match. Cables are very important in matching from digital , pc to speaker cables. You can’t buy listening skills either. Mike Lavigne has it all, amazing systems , room, great wealth of knowledge and money. |
In my opinion, if audio cables are made properly, all cables sound the original music and cable matching is not needed. However, all cables are not made properly and sound different. Even same model/brand power cords made by a same person in a same day sound different each other because no one knows how to make PC properly. Everybody (Audio companies, DIYers, any electrical part manufactures) know how to make PCs and that is the limit and not enough to make proper audio PCs. That’s why audiophiles keep changing equipment and wishing for a good luck in matching cables. Alex/WTA |
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