The Horror
After getting back home from “The Show” in Costa Mesa, California this past weekend, I walked over to my stereo system and turned it on. And silently wept. I had held out a feint hope that my cross-over modified 1.7i Maggies and mighty Parasound A21+, fed from a Prima Luna 300 tube preamplifier could somehow manage a slight shimmer of resemblance to the robust setups I witnessed at the SHOW. Not—- on— your —-life. Not even close. I slumped into my over-stuffed couch and stared long and hard at the thing I created: an anemic concoction of false hopes and wishful thinking. The horror, the truth: entry into serious audiophile listening begins with purchase of speakers that cost the price of the car I had to finance for 4 years, closely followed with the added expense of beefy sophisticated electronics and wiring, not a gaggle of cheap wanna-be plastic and tweeks. I so wanted to belong, but that’s turned out to be just a fever dream I’ve got to wake up from. Maybe one day, if ever I have the nerve to rob a bank, find Jimmy Hoffa, or survive a head-on collision from a sleepy Amazon driver, I might make it. Maybe. Feel free to play the violin with two fingers.
| Post removed |
I understand your pain. I like planar speakers - but they are not for everyone, as I think soix was saying. Try auditioning something else. As for the long term, it seems to me that you have three obvious alternatives: headphones, room treatment, or DIY.:I went DIY because I couldn't afford what I liked. After 20 years, I've got a heck of a fine system, and had a heck of a lot more fun building it, mostly from over the counter parts. YMMV |
@soix I did not come out hard against the Boenickes - all I said was that for that much money there are much better value speakers. I supported it with a list. The way you doubted I knew anything about the Boenickes and if I had heard them was condescending - it wasn’t a "little pushback". It was a loaded statement that I had no idea what I was talking about. That’s not a "little pushback". That’s assumptions you had no right or reason to make. If you don’t see that - how arrogant your responses are - you have serious problems. You were very rude in your first post and you are even more rude in the last one. Grow a pair? Are you 5? This is not a bar with drunken surfer dudes. I don’t need your lecturing. You are embarrassing yourself with your bullying tactics. Obviously it's best we stay out of each others way, I will do all I can to avoid you. |
I think my Dennis Had SEP amp sounds better than any tube amp I've heard anywhere...cost about 1100 bucks (slightly used) back in 2017. My Pass XA-25 is the best sounding SS amp I've ever heard. About $5K or so...my rig, even after visiting Goodwin's (nearby) and listening to heaps of exotica, still sounds every bit as good in my house at a fraction of the cost of their stuff. You simply need to listen. |
