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What was your first big eye opener with regard to audio?
Hello friends,
what was the most fascinating thing you did with the compilation or optimization of your system in terms of SQ or performance, that really got your attention in either a good or bad way?
what was it that actually impressed or surprized you once it was in place?
or what DIY project was it that once done really gave your audio system a big shot in the arm SQ-wise?
maybe it was simply finding out just how much some items could cost
something always seems to take place that changes our philosophies or understandings and maybe even our approach to arranging a fine audio system.
what was your’s?
Perhaps it was buying a quality rack, platform, or maybe a pr. of amp stands?
rolling tubes? adding iso footers?
biting the bullet and bringing in a decidedly more expensive or merely a different electronic component? DAC? Line stage? Mono blocks? Speakers?
what amazing things could be done with as little as 8wpc?
for example, my ‘eye opening’ events came two fold. adding power line conditioning and using upscale wires/cables, or power cords.
which of these came first I’m not sure but all of them came with a huge amount of prejudice on my part as to them doing anything positive to the quality of the sound, but indeed they did!
other things came along with nearly the impact or mind altering impact but those were the initial items that paved the way for me to keep an open mind with respect to building an audio system and preserving its synergy.
what was or has been your epiphany? your most surprising ‘move’ in audio land?
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My first big audio eye-opener was listening to a friend’s HiFi system set up in the room over his garage. He probably had 3 or four systems set up, a ton of surplus overstuffed furniture and over a dozen speakers. But the sound filled the room, it wasn’t coming from any one set of speakers. The experience blew my mind, I’m going to myself, ‘I can hear the sound, but where is it coming from?’ After climbing over furniture to put my ear to several speakers, but never “finding” the ones producing the sound, I finally relaxed and enjoyed the music. He introduced me to a direct-to-disk recording of the 1812 Overture and a digital copy of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon 🌝 during that session. I hope to have an experience like that of @tazdevl30 when I get my new-to-me XRT-20’s set up in my ‘room’ which should be the entire top floor of my split-level home. I can’t wait. |