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Burning question regarding upgrading paths

Thanks visiting my thread!

While you are here, please ponder on the following queries and answer to the best of your abilities. Each of these questions is designed to upgrade my state of mind. You ability is timed and will be weighted against the answers given by people who are the same age as you.

1) What is the best way to upgrade existing system "A"?
(upgrade=more clarity, dynamics and better soundstage)
(you only have $2000 to allocate)

A= Cal Audio Delta-AQ Emeralds
Meridian 518-Mapleshade ultrathin
Cal Audio Sigma-AQ Emeralds
Aragon 8002-AQ Argent/Midnight double biwire
KEF 103/4
LAT International on all electronic components

A) Upgrade DAC
A dac with tube output is prefered.
B) Purchase preamp
A tube preamp is prefered.
C) Upgrade cable between amp and speaker
Silver cable is prefered.
D) Digital cable
Make me a believer.
E) None of the above
Sell system A and start over
F) I don't care.

2) What is the fundamental utilitarian purpose of Zen Buddhism for the self and for the masses?

A) By fulfilling nature, man is fulfilled.
B) By acceptance of thought, man becomes congruent.
C) By meditating, man negates yin and yan from consciousness.
D) Meditation is good cardiovascular exercise.
E) Zen is derived from aryan caste systems designed to enslave the masses.
F) None of the above. (prove short essay answer?)

Stop, your test is finished.

Thanks for helping me sleep easier,
Etane
viggen
gunbei
2,327 posts
 
Viggen, the exploits of Alexander The Great interest me immensely. I never realized such a connection existed to the Far East. Kind of a "6 degrees of Alexander of Macedonia"? It doesn't surprise me though, all these ideas seem to have universal appeal.

Mes, are you saying I'm altering or accelerating the priniciples of Charles Darwin? Cool! So by unsampling and increasing the word length of digital signals with new and improved DACs are we trying to add vinyl legs to CDs? Hahah! Everytime I get a new piece of gear to try out, I can feel extra appendages sprouting from my body.

Viggen, it's all about the journey man! Have fun!
dbw1
173 posts
 
Gunbei - right on, man. I'm one half of a consulting firm dubbed 'Five Rings Consulting.' It's amazing how relevant that stuff is to modern business. Not a bad idea to wipe the slate clean system-wise either...except, I'm starting to shake and cry thinking about it.
viggen OP
838 posts
 
Five Rings Consulting? What are the five rings? Five rings of hell from Danta's Inferno? Well that's 9..
dbw1
173 posts
 
Viggen - check out the book. It's a quick read. As a quick oversimplification: having a flexible repertory is good. In different types of battle situations, you want to be like fire, or like water, etc. Same is true in work (not to mention in life in general); different fundamental tactics are called for with different people, etc. Anyway, it's just a name, and there's much more to our philosophy, but it hopefully sounds intriguing...
viggen OP
838 posts
 
Oh you and Gunbei we're talkin about the same 5 rings. I thought you actually do belong to some corporate consultation called 5 rings. I gotcha. This 5 rings character sounds alarmingly similar to the famous Chinese "Swen Tze Bin Fah." Excuse the spelling, but I am terrible at pingying. Anyways, the synopsis of the Bin Fah, which means battle tactics: cool as forest, impatient as wind, fast as fire, no-movement like mountian.
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