What are your listening preferences - what type of music do you listen to?
Do you attend live performances as a reference when evaluating your system's performance?
Is your system set up to recreate the recording as it was performed? Is it optimized for frequency response?
Most people don't ask these questions yet these issues are critical when considering equipment.
Many audiophiles don't have their system set up to recreate the performance - the image and dimensionality of the performers playing in the room.
Speakers set up against a wall with a high vertical equipment rack in between the speakers, while possibly getting high WAF ratings, compromises that systems' performance.
Making recommendations (wire or other components) for such systems is difficult because fidelity (how well a recorded performance is recreated) isn't a criteria used to gauge performance. Or, if it is - the ability of the system to do so is limited at best.
I hope I'm not sounding like I'm on a rant. I'm an engineer, and if you ask for help from a qualified person (me or anyone else asking for suggestions) - these are prerequisite issues that must be addressed before a recommendation can be offered.
Do you attend live performances as a reference when evaluating your system's performance?
Is your system set up to recreate the recording as it was performed? Is it optimized for frequency response?
Most people don't ask these questions yet these issues are critical when considering equipment.
Many audiophiles don't have their system set up to recreate the performance - the image and dimensionality of the performers playing in the room.
Speakers set up against a wall with a high vertical equipment rack in between the speakers, while possibly getting high WAF ratings, compromises that systems' performance.
Making recommendations (wire or other components) for such systems is difficult because fidelity (how well a recorded performance is recreated) isn't a criteria used to gauge performance. Or, if it is - the ability of the system to do so is limited at best.
I hope I'm not sounding like I'm on a rant. I'm an engineer, and if you ask for help from a qualified person (me or anyone else asking for suggestions) - these are prerequisite issues that must be addressed before a recommendation can be offered.