Those are great points. I would add auditioning is a giant pain. I can watch a tv at BestBuy, drive a car at a VW dealership but listening to a $2000 amp? I am not blaming it on anyone, but it slows down the process.
a rant
after 30 years of being so enamored with stereo equipment - im ok now just listening to music
im no longer chasing - whenever i have bought new equipment it never sounded as good as i think the reviewer thinks it does. maybe 5% sounded really good and the other 95% - im still waiting for them to break in.
My fantastical brain wanted every piece of equipment to sound incredible. i think the key word is "chasing".
See, now tube amplifiers are all the rage again - it was class d about 3 years ago - it was solid state about 6 months ago - whenever i have tubes - i want solid state, whenever i have solid state - then i want tubes - then ill try class d in the meantime
Im just saying - this hobby is the "space mountain" of roller coasters - ya think!
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@smargo Chasing every fad in audio will not get you to the mountaintop. That's more like an M.C. Escher work where you start to climb the stairs(of audio)only to end up where you started again. Or you're chasing some perfection that never is satisfied/fulfilled and becomes some hellish nightmare from a Bruegel painting. Or, of course, you stop and listen to the music like you did and enjoy what you have. Okay, I'm done with the artist analogies. |
I have definitely entered the phase where I'm enjoying the music, and specifically new music and genres, more than ever before. I rarely listen to the music of my youth, but still enjoy it when I hear it. Short story...my high efficiency system is JBL C37 or Altec 604-8G (they take turns). Have been driving them with anything from a homebrew SE45 amp to Dennis Had's KT88 Inspire to vintage Williamson designs. Went to a ham radio swap meet last month and picked up a little Chinese made amp that uses a 6N2 driver and a pair of 832a wired single ended. The 832a were done, so I ordered a pair. I am shocked at how good this little amp sounds. A bit short of the refinement I hear with the other SE amps in the stable, but it cost less than a half Franklin including the new tubes. Since it has a headphone jack, I now feel like I need to buy some decent cans..... Maybe it is just about the music..... |
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