It is good you enjoy the Akai and Magnats.
I remember enjoying my college system. Since then, the improvements have been in small steps that depended on me learning what to listen for, as well as more capable equipment.
Back in college, I didn’t pay any attention to imaging, musical details (like the sound of individual instruments vs, e.g., wall-of-sound), or second order harmonic distortion, etc. I just enjoyed the music.
The magazine reviews helped point me to what to listen for. I learned to hear the differences, small as they sometimes were. Sometimes I had to spend a lot more money to achieve a small improvement, an improvement I would not have even noticed early on. Was it worth the money? Only if you care about such differences.
I remember visiting a store during college and thinking about upgrading to a pair of KLH 5s. The sales guy said they were very good speakers. I asked him if they could convince me that the musicians were in the room. He just looked at me and rolled his eyes. Of course not.
Now, after years of upgrading, I can sometimes get that feeling of live presence. I can’t even name all the types of improvement that have come together to achieve this. But I am happy. And yes it was worth it.
I remember enjoying my college system. Since then, the improvements have been in small steps that depended on me learning what to listen for, as well as more capable equipment.
Back in college, I didn’t pay any attention to imaging, musical details (like the sound of individual instruments vs, e.g., wall-of-sound), or second order harmonic distortion, etc. I just enjoyed the music.
The magazine reviews helped point me to what to listen for. I learned to hear the differences, small as they sometimes were. Sometimes I had to spend a lot more money to achieve a small improvement, an improvement I would not have even noticed early on. Was it worth the money? Only if you care about such differences.
I remember visiting a store during college and thinking about upgrading to a pair of KLH 5s. The sales guy said they were very good speakers. I asked him if they could convince me that the musicians were in the room. He just looked at me and rolled his eyes. Of course not.
Now, after years of upgrading, I can sometimes get that feeling of live presence. I can’t even name all the types of improvement that have come together to achieve this. But I am happy. And yes it was worth it.