Are there other people like me ? Amazed by their low cost system :)


Are there other people so much amazed by a relatively low cost system , they consider that is not a stopgap but instead a minimally satisfying ectasy... Each day i am amazed by my speakers and headphone... Am i deaf? Am i ignorant of high end ? Be assured that i know better system with higher acoustic experience and more refined exist ...

My point is an experienced and felt minimal threshold of acoustic qualities and well done and well realized and well manifested acoustic factors exist for me and are at play, for the price invested; so much so , i consider any upgrade way less tempting and if possible would be more, way more , costlier to appear as a real upgrade in quality... For sure an upgrade of part at low cost unbeknowst to me is possible but i must live with what i have for now but i feel no frustration at all. 😊

Am i the only one deluded in this way or enlightened in this way ? Pick your choice of word.... 😎

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Have you ever compared your low cost system to higher end gear? It could be a case if ignorance is bliss. But if you enjoy your system that is all that matters!

Sorry but you are deluded by marketing audiophilia...

No acoustician need the opinion of a crowd of audiophiles, they need their ears and basic knowledge...

I am not an acoustician but i know some basic and tuned my own room... ( with 100 Helmholtz resonators tuned mechanically and i modified the porthole of my speakers and their waveguide and i modified my headphone then... I dont need your opinion about my system limits and qualities i already know them ... Guess how ? 😁 You know enough about me now to know the right answer, but i wll write it to spare you heavy thinking : acoustic experiments...

And i will add that a good sound is not the result of an audiophilia marketing contest , it could be yes, but i dont need to participate...

A minimal acoustic satisfaction threshold exist where all factors in spite of their measured and audible limitations exhibit a very high S.Q. experience with a relatively low price tag... A maximum acoustic satisfaction threshold exist too and you need a dedicated acoustic room anyway to reach this target also...

The gear price tags if synergy is there matter less in the two case : minimal or maximal satisfaction threshold.. Guess why ? 😊

In conclusion my system is not amazing for all in the absolute, it is amazing taken into account the ratio between cost and S.Q.  and taking into account  the resulting balance between each acoustics  experienced concepts describing the experience . ( Timbre and immersiveness if we pick the two most general one)

If knowledgeable people aren’t coming over to listen to your system and tell you that it is amazing then it probably isn’t and you are deluded.

The goal of this hobby, the journey is first knowledge and fun mechanical and electrical and acoustic experiments , then when the minimal satisfaction acoustic threshold is reached , it is music listening in sound ectasy...

Upgrading race without budget limit is reserved to those who dont have the time for experiments nor the room and with unlimited pocket...

They do not captivate me nor the reviewers speaking to them...

I prefer reading about acoustics... Not mere room acoustic but now acoustics with an "s" ... Try Dr. Edegar Choueiri and Toole Books...Try discussion  and controversies between acoustician in discussion... Etc...

Have you ever compared your low cost system to higher end gear? It could be a case if ignorance is bliss.

 

Most people who claim that dont know what is acoustics...

They had never experimented before with acoustics co0ncepts in a dedicated room and they have never modify their speakers or headphone by experiments...

To prove this fact , take the reviewer Jay , he just give a video, in the last month about a very high end possible speakers, and speaking about buying it or not as possibility he confessed that recently he created an acoustic dedicated room , after years of buying high end gear pieces, and he confessed sincerely , he is honest guy, that NOW the speakers must be picked for his room because now he had learned and understood how the room acoustic impact the system and he love his actual dedicated room ...

In my experience the dedicated room acoustic impact as much as the choice of gear... Jay will not contradict me here...😊

 

Most audiophilia marketing of any piece of gear given as the solution conditioned the mind in this narrow road where  purchasing money is primary over acoustic and even mechanical and basic electrical  knowledge and can replace it...Most speakers sellers dont advise their customers to study acoustics before buying their piece and rarely  will advise  the customer after selling it ... guess why ?

Many dont have the room nor the time to learn and experiment with  this, and anyway why devalorizing the "miraculous" power of their purchase by advising a not so easy task of learning curve  ?

 

You sound like a nice guy. But many of your posts sound like you have a beef with higher end gear. There is more to higher end gear than just speakers and room acoustics! And BTW, who is this Jay guy you are referring to?