audiodidact
Responses from audiodidact
| The Horror @ghasley , thanks for having a look and the suggestions. You’re right, there’s been no plan, just swapping stuff-in/out and adding-in, based on pure feel or recommendations. Sitting down to create a real plan is the right way to start a long-te... | |
| The Horror I just updated my system page with some newer photos in order to get more feedback as to room treatment, etc. Thanks to everyone for the help. | |
| The Horror @soix that may be exactly what I’ll eventually end up trying, soix. In the meantime I think I’m going to start working on the room. Lots of good suggestions here about that. But thanks for the tip about the Boenicke W5s. I took a look and some... | |
| The Horror @erik_squires What’s “kited around”? While you’re composing your response here’s a definition for you: ”troll”: “A…troll is someone who intentionally tries to start arguments, hostility, or conflict in an online community by posting offensive o... | |
| The Horror @ghasley I’m all in. I want the sound. I don’t give a flying wallenda about the gear if it doesn’t produce the right sound. Later today I will post more up to date pictures of the gear and room to help you all help me get this right. Thanks so much! | |
| The Horror @mapman A recipe for sanity in this insane hobby. Thank you. And thank you to everybody for talking me off the ledge and helping me get through this reality check so that I can get back to the music. Even you, Eric. Thank you. | |
| The Horror @erik_squires Well, Eric, I certainly don’t know how else to measure the quality of sound except to hear whats in front of me. I sat down to listen to the speakers in the Gryphon room, the Vandersteen and the Boenicke rooms. I did not know th... | |
| The Horror @roxy54 You know, Roxy, I think you’re right, the non-audiophiles in my life were always astounded when they heard my system. That helped a lot to give me succor and the illusion that all was well. That, and the sweat work and money I put int... | |
| The Horror @erik_squires Geeze, dude, “troll”? Give me a f’ing break already. I could not have “ lost track of what a full-bodied system sounds like” since I’d never heard it until I was pummeled with it at The Show. That was the point of my post. Yo... | |
| The Horror @grislybutter Well said. It hit me hard, I can’t lie, the feeling of being so foolish as to believe my inexpensive panels could rival those monstrously engineered speakers and boxes that only the rich can patronize. Well, at least I know now. I’... | |
| The Horror Don’t want to be downer. Just don’t want to fool myself anymore. | |
| The Horror @grislybutter Yes, you’re absolutely spot on, it’s all relative in the end. I had, at one time, an even more modest system. It sounded good. But I kept reaching and I cobbled together my funds, swapping-out gear, used good tweaks, and all th... | |
| The Horror That was my fantasy, Jason. Yeah, I fancied I’d be driving home with whistling delight about how my modest system would wipe the floor with those big dogs. Ludicrous. | |
| The Horror @roxy54, @toddalin What I saw and heard from the start was the Gryphon room, off to the right in the lobby. Talk about setting the bar right from the start! Honestly, though the Gryphon’s total package wasn’t really that obscene, (I mean it’s a ... | |
| All Hail the meek --yet mighty – NODE 2i 3 years with the Node 2i with PD Creative upgrade and outboard LPS. Everything works flawlessly and jaws drop often: “You mean you’re streaming that?”. I use an older model node 2 for the whole house/outdoor system. The app/software are damn ne... |