@blindjim - you pose an interesting question.
Is it based on Price?, Performance? Component Matching? etc...
I’ve heard stories from people in the business about customers who had them install $200k+ system in a 12 x 12 room with no acoustic treatment - is that a high end system in a low end room?
And then there are other who’s system cost a fraction of that, but their systems melt the walls of their listening room for a truly concert-like image/sound quality. Is that a high end system
I have recently experienced a friends system that provided amazing sound from a 40 year old tube amp, a pair of bookshelf speakers and lamp wire for speaker cables with a DVD player as the source.
High End? - not by conventional "evaluation" methods.
Then you have to factor in an individuals hearing ability.
Do they have High-End hearing?
As for...
From my own experience on this forum I find people are generous with sharing what they have learned, regardless of whether their systems might be categorized as "High-End"
I really appreciate my modestly priced system.
I really appreciate the systems of others - regardless of price or performance.
I recently had my system described to me as "mid-fi" - I was actually quite amused (not offended) because that person made that assessment based on my components - he’d never heard it.
His system did sound more "refined" than my own, but even he conceded that there was more he could do to make it sound better. And I thought there would be a few things I’d change with it also :-)
We all have our own level of audio insanity - we should simply appreciate the "sanity" of others
It’s a fun hobby though :-)
Regards - Steve
Is it based on Price?, Performance? Component Matching? etc...
I’ve heard stories from people in the business about customers who had them install $200k+ system in a 12 x 12 room with no acoustic treatment - is that a high end system in a low end room?
And then there are other who’s system cost a fraction of that, but their systems melt the walls of their listening room for a truly concert-like image/sound quality. Is that a high end system
I have recently experienced a friends system that provided amazing sound from a 40 year old tube amp, a pair of bookshelf speakers and lamp wire for speaker cables with a DVD player as the source.
High End? - not by conventional "evaluation" methods.
Then you have to factor in an individuals hearing ability.
Do they have High-End hearing?
As for...
At the end of the day, how do you decide who is or who is not, in the club?Why bother?
From my own experience on this forum I find people are generous with sharing what they have learned, regardless of whether their systems might be categorized as "High-End"
I really appreciate my modestly priced system.
I really appreciate the systems of others - regardless of price or performance.
I recently had my system described to me as "mid-fi" - I was actually quite amused (not offended) because that person made that assessment based on my components - he’d never heard it.
His system did sound more "refined" than my own, but even he conceded that there was more he could do to make it sound better. And I thought there would be a few things I’d change with it also :-)
We all have our own level of audio insanity - we should simply appreciate the "sanity" of others
It’s a fun hobby though :-)
Regards - Steve