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the gateway product that turned you into an audiophile

@foggyus91 suggested/pushed/encouraged me to start a thread about this. It was related to Darko's post about 12 audiophile misconceptions. One was that we are all about music - vs gear. I think that subject has been chewed up already a 100 times. I am not sure anyone has anything new to say. 

However, that made me think about the day I turned into an audiophile.

It was when I bought my first "gateway" product that was affordable but audiophile quality and led me to explore more and tweak and switch and experiment and never be fully content but always be smiling when I turned the power on. It's been about the sound and not the music and that's fine. But I realize now that those Monitor Audio speakers I bought from craigslist were my gateway drug  devil

Were you always an audiophile or was there such a moment and a piece of hardware that made the difference?

 

(Lastly, I am very uneasy and on the fence about this forum and starting a thread - for my last correspondence with the moderators. What I learned should bother anyone who cares about fairness or even the appearance of it. I can't discuss it because it will get removed - I tried, my comment lived for less than 5 minutes, )

 

gano

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lanx0003
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It’s the process—the ongoing fine‑tuning of the entire system setup—that makes me feel like a true audiophile, rather than any single component or piece of gear.

lanx0003
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@gano  I would attribute my gateway gear to the Wharfedale Linton speakers. My amplifier purchase was pretty straightforward—I’ve kept all three power/integrated amps I bought and never looked back. The speakers (and later, the DAC), however, were a different story. I home-auditioned three sets of speakers before finally settling on the Lintons. I’d say these speakers can be a bit unforgiving with poorly recorded material, but when the setup and synergy are right, the payoff is tremendous. They deliver a spacious soundstage, natural tonality and agile bass. That’s the fundamental reason they set me on a long journey into music listening—I wanted to tame this feral horse.

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