@erik_squires ...*s* Precisely.
Listening to a pair of speakers that I've 'heavily modified' to 'be, or not to be'...and they 'are', is gratifying.
Having such actually sound pleasant, and respond in the manner hoped for is, as noted 'round 'n about, priceless.
I may have invested more time than treasure in the pursuit, but the end result of listening to that which ones' 'tinkering' wrought beats the bejeez out of merely buying ones' way out with the 'next new thing'. Or the side-step to swap Xd to Xr for the next new nuance.
It finally occurred to self that the response of offered components had outstripped my ability to hear nothing more than 'small differences' in recordings that suffered more from their resident qualities than my equipment had or has.
It may be considered a 'false ceiling', and the stone needs to have more pressure applied to squeeze that last bit from it. And it could be noted that I'm more or less doing that, anyway.
It's OK to wave a white flag and step away from the fray.
It gives one the chance to retreat, regroup, and return to the field with different 'weapons'....;)
Good variable factors to us all, y'all. 👍
Listening to a pair of speakers that I've 'heavily modified' to 'be, or not to be'...and they 'are', is gratifying.
Having such actually sound pleasant, and respond in the manner hoped for is, as noted 'round 'n about, priceless.
I may have invested more time than treasure in the pursuit, but the end result of listening to that which ones' 'tinkering' wrought beats the bejeez out of merely buying ones' way out with the 'next new thing'. Or the side-step to swap Xd to Xr for the next new nuance.
It finally occurred to self that the response of offered components had outstripped my ability to hear nothing more than 'small differences' in recordings that suffered more from their resident qualities than my equipment had or has.
It may be considered a 'false ceiling', and the stone needs to have more pressure applied to squeeze that last bit from it. And it could be noted that I'm more or less doing that, anyway.
It's OK to wave a white flag and step away from the fray.
It gives one the chance to retreat, regroup, and return to the field with different 'weapons'....;)
Good variable factors to us all, y'all. 👍