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I am so happy.....

That my upgradeitis is over before it even started.

I am so happy with the system I have, I want to share with everyone the fact that that even a very modest and cheap system can produce great sound for me and makes me happy to the point where I no longer have to search for improvements.

Call me ignorant if you want. Does not bother me even an iota. I will go the grave happier than everyone who is condescending.

I am using my own home made Neurochrome 686 stereo amp with 1000 VA medical grade toroidal, 160 amp rectifier (very little fwvd hence virtually no heat generated) and 200,000uF filter capacitors producing approx 220 watts rms/channel. It sounds just absolutely FANTASTIC.

My preamp is a Freya S. Speakers are B&W.

I have a Linn LP12 with SME 3009R and Nagaoka 500 and a Mani which I find that I listen to less and less in favor of the convenience and the dynamics and quietness of digital.

For my music server, wait for it......... I use an LG V60 phone, which has a great in built DAC, which I bought for $300 brand new on ebay ($1200 retail but no longer made) using the lossless Apple Music and Qobuz apps. I use an AuidoEngine B1 as my bluetooth receiver to which the LG phone can send aptX-HD which I can actually also connect directly to the Freya S on occasion.

The combination sounds simply fantastic to my ears and I listen to it for hours grateful that this technology available today provides this gift to me.

Just as I am writing this, I am listening to smooth jazz "Euge Groove Slow jam" and it is just sublime.

 

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sns
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We have differing goals for our systems. Still, how can you really know when your upgradis is done. How much time without a single change needs to go by to prove you're really over this journey?

 

By the way, why is upgrading one's audio system thought of by some as a sickness? I assume this journey is exciting and interesting for many.

sns
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Variability amongst humans means a multitude of responses to audio reproduction, contentedness comes at widely varied levels of fidelity.

 

And so, the question becomes how one responds to the process of achieving their necessary level of fidelity for contentedness. If the process is enjoyable the process will continue, if not, process will end. I just wonder if the present response or feelings of those who quit the process is long lasting. The mere idea those claiming contentedness are still perusing audio forums gives me pause.

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