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@audiolabryinth. Hey it's funny how every once in a while people can get rude and snobby of the forums. I just don't respond to them. I just keep the audio going. You either love the audio or you don't. I have a friend who just purchased a vehicle and is selling his audio. I understand how he feels but my audio is here to stay. I might have to go back to my ear 868, classe combination after the veloce but I'm going to enjoy my veloce demo for now. Sometimes audio can be a status thing. For me it is not. I clearly just want to hear the best. Music is intoxicating to me especially when you have great cables and gear hooked up. I have been on a journey the last 4 or 5 months. I heard a system out in Murphy that was great. It had $100000 yg acoustics and dartzeel amps and pre amps. The room was customized. It was sound proofed and had the top end of mit cabling. The lighting was set up to make the speakers actually disappear during the listening session. Really great sound, electronics and atmosphere was really unique because of the abba co da bra lighting to not see the speakers. If could afford an all out assault like that I would be all in. I then when out to southlake and heard another great system using high fidelity cabling and raven electronics. I then went to Plano to hear kr audio kr900. This system was not as expensive as the other but it was very pleasing. Then I went out to east Texas to design audio video and heard raihdo speakers with soulution amplifiers. It was organically amazing and room filling. I went to McKinney to hear the kr audio 900 on the gato fm 6 speakers It was truly a satisfying room filling joy as well. The highs were really clear and the mid range and bass were kicking. I then went to the other side of McKinney and heard voxativ speakers on luminance audio amplifiers and it was a clear and fast sounding transparent system. Especially on jazz. It had the best of the best of high fidelity cables ultimate reference speaker cables, interconnects and power cords. It was whip like fast on jazz and rythyms. I hated to leave the room. I then was allowed to demo the veloce amp and pre amp with my vienna acoustic speakers and high fidelity ultimate reference cabling throughout. I'm using my little vienna acoustics beethoven baby grand se speakers. I'm in that moment when listening to my system here. I can see though the music. The jazz has pace and and rythym like never before. It just fast detailed but still organic and full. I have been blessed to hear all of these different systems that all sound great in different ways. All my audiophiles enjoy your journey because I have. It's about the sound you can put together. True audiophiles are sound first and cost later. Lol. We just want to mainline on the music. We want to tweak and geek till we pass out lol. The hobby should bring you joy. Is it expensive yes but at least you spend hours and hours smiling in your sessions. Enjoy to all who are will to come to our twilight zone and for those who are not. Protect your accounts and cars etc. if you truly hear the good stuff you are gonna lose it all on one trip to OZ. Lol.

@audiolabryinth. Hey it's funny how every once in a while people can get rude and snobby of the forums. I just don't respond to them. I just keep the audio going. You either love the audio or you don't. I have a friend who just purchased a vehicle and is selling his audio. I understand how he feels but my audio is here to stay. I might have to go back to my ear 868, classe combination after the veloce but I'm going to enjoy my veloce demo for now. Sometimes audio can be a status thing. For me it is not. I clearly just want to hear the best. Music is intoxicating to me especially when you have great cables and gear hooked up. I have been on a journey the last 4 or 5 months. I heard a system out in Murphy that was great. It had $100000 yg acoustics and dartzeel amps and pre amps. The room was customized. It was sound proofed and had the top end of mit cabling. The lighting was set up to make the speakers actually disappear during the listening session. Really great sound, electronics and atmosphere was really unique because of the abba co da bra lighting to not see the speakers. If could afford an all out assault like that I would be all in. I then when out to southlake and heard another great system using high fidelity cabling and raven electronics. I then went to Plano to hear kr audio kr900. This system was not as expensive as the other but it was very pleasing. Then I went out to east Texas to design audio video and heard raihdo speakers with soulution amplifiers. It was organically amazing and room filling. I went to McKinney to hear the kr audio 900 on the gato fm 6 speakers It was truly a satisfying room filling joy as well. The highs were really clear and the mid range and bass were kicking. I then went to the other side of McKinney and heard voxativ speakers on luminance audio amplifiers and it was a clear and fast sounding transparent system. Especially on jazz. It had the best of the best of high fidelity cables ultimate reference speaker cables, interconnects and power cords. It was whip like fast on jazz and rythyms. I hated to leave the room. I then was allowed to demo the veloce amp and pre amp with my vienna acoustic speakers and high fidelity ultimate reference cabling throughout. I'm using my little vienna acoustics beethoven baby grand se speakers. I'm in that moment when listening to my system here. I can see though the music. The jazz has pace and and rythym like never before. It just fast detailed but still organic and full. I have been blessed to hear all of these different systems that all sound great in different ways. All my audiophiles enjoy your journey because I have. It's about the sound you can put together. True audiophiles are sound first and cost later. Lol. We just want to mainline on the music. We want to tweak and geek till we pass out lol. The hobby should bring you joy. Is it expensive yes but at least you spend hours and hours smiling in your sessions. Enjoy to all who are will to come to our twilight zone and for those who are not. Protect your accounts and cars etc. if you truly hear the good stuff you are gonna lose it all on one trip to OZ. Lol. The system brings me joy not the BLUES. I'm not a Debbie Downer I stay HAPPY like the song. I have listen to wide range of equipment and systems. That are put together differently. I think I have heard 8 to 10 different systems and I have gained a lot of experience in audio to truly understand what a system, cable, speaker, interconnect etc. can and can't do. I have heard pieces at different price points up to 2 systems that are more the 150k and then other systems at 100k then those that cost 20k to 50k. It does get better when you spend more. It can get really really good up the chain but you can can also get satisfying sound at the lower range. If it makes you happy go for it. If it doesn't then stay on the sidelines and heckle. Lol.

Hi Calvinj, Very, Very, good post you did here, I enjoyed reading about all that you are doing, I am pleased to be your friend, I do have a question for you, now that you are getting exsperience that most audiophiles do not have, tell me, in your opinion, If we were to use percentages, How much more of a good sound improvement did you hear between the 20k,50k, systems versus the 100k,150k,200k systems?, some say that there is little to be gained when you spend past 100k systems, they say you get small returns, like 5% to 30% and that's all.

Hi calvinj, I asume that the two gentleman that did not like the Tara labs Cobalt power cord did not have a Tara Labs Zero Gold interconnect and Omega gold speaker cables, Here is what I will say, Jebsmith73 said that the cobalt had a bass bump, and to much treble resolution, and Rebel721 said, the cobalt is not a referance power cord, yes the power cord HAD a bass bump, Had upper mid-range emphasis, Those attributes went away during break-in!,, I absolutly give you the truth here, at 465 hours of burn-in, this is one of the most profound up-grades for sound reproduction in MY system I have ever heard in my life!, The power cord is very natural sounding mated with the Tara Labs Zero Gold and Omega Gold, It's like they were made for each other!, I am extremly pleased!, My system has NEVER sounded so good!, sysnergy baby, that's right, sysnergy is where it is at!, cheers.

@audiolabryinth. Well in terms of the improvement a different price points you would first have to understand that the 3 or 4 most expensive systems I have heard were put together by guys that either have a lot if experience in the industry or have sold and heard a lot of equipment. For example, the most expensive system I heard was the one that had the yg acoustics speakers and mit cables on it and the dartzeel amp and pre was great. The owner built it to suit his tastes and sound in music. He treated the room took measurements etc. He created a great sound and listening environment. The yg were design to give you a totally even response. They did that really well. It's not always about the equipment but the system as a whole has to be quality and it has to be set up properly. The higher end stuff can be mind blowing good. It should be for the price. I can't put a percentage on it. There are a lot variables. Sound is more than just the equipment. It is the room, power, speaker placement, equipment matching, cable matching. I didn't even mention one of the most important which is the recording itself. I believe you can put good systems together for 25000. When you go up the chain to 50000 it's gets better and so on up to the crazy mega system that I heard. But when you get that high you are talking dedicated rooms, tweaks and even modification of some equipment. The mega system with the high fidelity ultimate reference system withe voxativ speakers and the ayon dac was great. It was very natural sounding system and it also achieved the sound that the owner wanted. Great depth soundstage and speed with natural sound. The soulution electronics raihdo speaker system was unreal. It gave you the impression that gave you had endless soundstage and depth. It was ultra smooth. That's what the owner wanted. He has an aversion to bright treble. It treble ever gets harsh it drives him crazy. I'm also in the same camp. I like his system because my preference was the same as his almost to a tee. It depends on what you like. The more expensive stuff in most cases can take you to a deeper and farther level of what you seek. I came to the conclusion that I will keep my parasound cd 1 as my cd front end because of its continued performance in all my own systems I put together. It has qualities I like. I heard two other really expensive systems but they were put together for the purpose of getting the owner exactly what they sought in sound signature. If I had the money I would get the best I could because I love the music. I want it to be as real as possible. Great systems don't have to cost you a house or car but if you want to climb the mountain then why not. A great system is great because YOUR ear likes it. But our ears are all different. My audio buddies have different preferences. There are about 7 guys in the circle that I know and they all have vastly different tastes in sound. The systems range from 25,000 up to 300,000 but they all are satisfying to their owners fro different reasons and they get the job done. But it should never be about cost. If you can put together a 5000 or 10000 system that you like then you should be happy with it. However I must admit that the really expensive stuff is in a whole other world good. It puts the performers in the room with you. It can be stunning the amount of performance you get out of the best equipment in the hobby. Amps, pre amps, sources, cables and power cords all matter no matter what the people say. The better you get the better the sound. The better you match the better the sound.