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Most eye-opening upgrade and what you learned

Would love to know about moments of light on the high-end audio learning curve.

My husband and I number among the academic poor ...
with preferences which substantially exceed our budget.
Nonetheless, we have managed an aha!! experience or
two of our own.

The mating of conrad johnson tube preamp with krell solid
state amp opened our eyes about the role of electronics
in creating presentation.

Listening to the revel salons set our standards for hearing music rather than sound from an audio playback system.

Know that many of you have deeper insight, am hoping you
will share.

Newcomer to audiogon
Judith
judit
aida_w
308 posts
 
Shouldn't it say: EAR opener? :-)
Revel was the same for me! Ended up in purchasing the ULTIMA SYSTEM, w.i. with the Sub15 - better than the Salon.
Involving tubes was another big step for mankind (McIntosh
MC 2000)
Among the "cheaper" steps were the PS Audio Power Plant (psaudio.com) and Kimber Select Interconnects and speaker cables.
The latter again create MUSIC instead of sound - as you described it perfectly.
Good luck!
popeye1
18 posts
 
THE SHUNYATA HYDRA. Big bucks but worth every pennie.
jason321
7 posts
 
The greatest audio revelation I have experienced was the moment I replaced my generic speaker cables a few years ago with a fine pair of (used) Tara Labs. I was, simply stated, stunned by the sonic difference. I heard highs and lows in my B&W CDM7s that I'd never thought them capable of. Before this, I had always thought speaker cable was, well... just a piece of copper. That first moment totally converted me to a believer.
tireguy
1,964 posts
 
For me it was q-tips, what a difference!
dismalonyx
36 posts
 
The biggest eye (or ears) opening upgrade I made was ading Bybee Quantum force filter to my interconnect, I never tought my system could do restitution like that!
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