i have been on this journey for a little over 2 years. speakers requiring
amp requiring receiver upgrade, tube preamp, dedicated Dac, cd player,
Cd player mod, tube preamp mod, speaker upgrade, cable upgrade, new preamp. blah,blah blah. sounds really great now.
if I was staring again?
start with speakers again, but with consideration to room size and volume you like to or can listen to. Some inexpensive setups can sound great at
modest volume, but crank it up to 'party level' and it becomes a mess.
if most of your listening is digital / streaming then build your system around a hard drive and good DAC. there is so much music out there - to
build a music library around cd's seems unpractical.
there is a lot of great stuff on canuck audiomart and similar. See if you can trial stuff. Talk to different audio shops about pairings. take your time and be very wary of industry reviews - have you ever read a negative one? Industry reviews are a neat way to discover new music however.
Chow
amp requiring receiver upgrade, tube preamp, dedicated Dac, cd player,
Cd player mod, tube preamp mod, speaker upgrade, cable upgrade, new preamp. blah,blah blah. sounds really great now.
if I was staring again?
start with speakers again, but with consideration to room size and volume you like to or can listen to. Some inexpensive setups can sound great at
modest volume, but crank it up to 'party level' and it becomes a mess.
if most of your listening is digital / streaming then build your system around a hard drive and good DAC. there is so much music out there - to
build a music library around cd's seems unpractical.
there is a lot of great stuff on canuck audiomart and similar. See if you can trial stuff. Talk to different audio shops about pairings. take your time and be very wary of industry reviews - have you ever read a negative one? Industry reviews are a neat way to discover new music however.
Chow