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Philosophy used in assembling your system?

When putting together your system were there any underlying desgin philosophies used? Some examples would be:

- Most expensive component you can afford in every category (Cost no object).
- Best Value in every category.
- Cost ratios between components (ex. Speakers = 40%, Cables = 15%, and source components = 45%).
- Components types, i.e. Tubes vs. Solid State, totally digital or all analog.
- Listening preferences.
- The ascetics of a particular component.
- Best deals you happen to find.
- Physical dimensions and sound characteristics of your target listening room.
- Spouse's budget
- None of the above

Any input is greatly appreciated!

Jeff
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jmcgrogan2
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Philosophy used in assembling your system?


Ummm.....Philosophy? Oh...yeah...um...put that list back up again........hmmmmm....I don't see 'Fly by the seat of your pants'.......

John :)
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pawlowski6132
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My philosophy was to keep it simple and analog. I wanted to keep the signal path as "clean" as possible; no circuit boards, amp topology is direct coupled, no crossover, no active preamplification, no DAC, etc.

Also, maximize return on dollar.
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rja
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My philosophy has been one of:"The blind leading the blind".
ngjockey
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My philosophy:

1) Know what I'm willing to compromise.
2) Know what I'm not willing to compromise.
3) Research
4) Experiment

Aball, the real trick is getting a room to fit the speakers, not vice versa :)
sogood51
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No philosophy, my systems morph over time...just like me. I think of audio systems in much the same way, as I think of music...it's all good at some time or another.

I guess if I were setting up an audio system for someone else (from scratch)...I would want to know about that persons listening habits, I would want to look at, and discuss the room, and any setup issues I think we may run into.

Components...I would start with speaker choices (hundreds of choices here...depending?). So, I guess I'll 3rd the “Aball Method” for setting up a system from scratch.

Dave
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