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Listening to what we Like Instead of what we have to
Trying to find my way back to enjoying/feeling music and moving away from analyzing fine details, critical listening etc...
My pinnacle of enjoyment was probably with inexpensive JM Lab bookshelfs, an old Velodyne ULD-12 Sub, and an Audio Research D-60 amp with CD straight in, no pre amp. Currently I am selling my Vienna Acoustics Mozart Grands they never really made me happy. The mids lose it with complicated transitions and they are a touch dry and bright to me. Current amp is an Audio by Van Alstine 60 w SET control amplifier. It runs approximately 90 watts into 4 ohms. Source is a Bluesound Node. Cables are MIT Term. 2 interconnects, and Kimber 8 TC speaker. I listen at low to moderate levels. The room is wider than deep. 12 deep and 18 wide. I can sit about 9 feet away from the fronts of speakers with them about 30 inches out from the walls. I do listen to music a lot when I’m up and about though, I'd like/prefer it to sound good then as well.
I often have to listen to only the most well produced and best recordings of genres I only kind of like, to enjoy the music. I’m really sick of that.
My music of choice is mostly 80s pop/rock/some country and glam rock. With a bit of 70s and 90s mixed in.
I enjoy finding new current music too. Usually pop and rock as well.
Steve Winwood, Phil Collins, Lionel Richie, Eddie Money, Neil Diamond, Kiss, Madonna, Motley Crue, Def Leppard, AC/DC, Eric Clapton, Eric Carmen, 80s Billboard, Johnny Cash, Baltimora, etc...you get the point.
Detail is a good thing, like when you can hear Madonna say God echoing many times at the beginning of the long version of "Like A Prayer" or nice cymbal splash. Not too forward, or bright though. I have a decent REL sub so smaller speakers can work. I like a big soundstage and hearing things in recordings going on up, out and away from the speakers. Overly veiled is not preferable.
I could really use speaker advice or recommendations for under 3k. I’ll move backwards from new speakers through the rest of the system to make improvements if/when needed/ and can be afforded. Does any of this make sense? Thanks.
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Unless my system gives me the bait - a wow moment - each time I listen, I am not convinced it’s right for me. And I’m getting the bait from both systems, after many years of mix and match. I agree this is essential for emotional and intellectual engagement with the music. Loving it and hope you find yours. |
Plus 1 @kennymacc Don’t take our word. We don’t know your room and certainly don’t know your ears! Do you have an audio store or even a Nebraska Furniture Mart anywhere near you? Go out and listen to everything you can. All the best. |
This can be a problem. I realized my system had become a sound analysis devise highlighting the venue and details and not the music. I moved from dominantly solid state to tube equipment and Sonus Faber speakers. You can see my systems under my user ID. You need not go as far as I have gone, but the choice of electronics is really important… and also the speakers. As an experiment, see if you can find a place to listen to an Audio Research I-50 integrated amp. Every time I hear one, I instantly forget about the system and fall into the music… like my current system. You may not be able to do it in one step, but it is assembling a system around a completely different idea. A natural tube amp and musical speakers are a minimum requirement… but you can’t have a highly detailed lean unmusical preamp and DAC either. |
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