I wish I could find something that does nothing to the sound.Then I could join the "it's all about the music" crowd.
Everything I have done has done something to the sound of music "in my room".
Sometimes just moving the speakers a bit this way or that,adjusting toe-in, or where the listening seat is, can make bigger differences than a change in wires.
This is cheap, some wires aren't,but DIY is almost as cheap.
Yet,I find everything either adds or takes away from some bits of the music.
Sometimes more bass equals less inner detail.
So it's always a win-lose scenario.
You get a very clean sounding pre amp and then realize that there maybe other areas to address that were masked by the old pre-amp.
This is the slippery slope.
We look for ways to cover up deficiencies that we hear from our systems, and while doing so, add more colourations.
Interconnect as tone controls?
It's not something to sneer at, neither are tone controls, or electronic whole room tuning devices.
Room tuning devices have been very productive for me as have efforts made to clean up all electrical contacts in the system, from the panel to the gear.
In fact I would wager that before I ventured down those roads, I was mostly trying to compensate for my rooms deficiencies by an endless parade of wires and amps and speakers, looking for the right match that would bring me sonic bliss.
I came close,but there was always something that I missed or that I still didn't achieve.
I know this is off the mark,but if one does nothing,or simply plugs and plays in an untreated room and sets the speakers up where they look the best,the fine art of doing nothing will be doing something to the sound.
And it won't be good.
Everything I have done has done something to the sound of music "in my room".
Sometimes just moving the speakers a bit this way or that,adjusting toe-in, or where the listening seat is, can make bigger differences than a change in wires.
This is cheap, some wires aren't,but DIY is almost as cheap.
Yet,I find everything either adds or takes away from some bits of the music.
Sometimes more bass equals less inner detail.
So it's always a win-lose scenario.
You get a very clean sounding pre amp and then realize that there maybe other areas to address that were masked by the old pre-amp.
This is the slippery slope.
We look for ways to cover up deficiencies that we hear from our systems, and while doing so, add more colourations.
Interconnect as tone controls?
It's not something to sneer at, neither are tone controls, or electronic whole room tuning devices.
Room tuning devices have been very productive for me as have efforts made to clean up all electrical contacts in the system, from the panel to the gear.
In fact I would wager that before I ventured down those roads, I was mostly trying to compensate for my rooms deficiencies by an endless parade of wires and amps and speakers, looking for the right match that would bring me sonic bliss.
I came close,but there was always something that I missed or that I still didn't achieve.
I know this is off the mark,but if one does nothing,or simply plugs and plays in an untreated room and sets the speakers up where they look the best,the fine art of doing nothing will be doing something to the sound.
And it won't be good.