I like pointing out you can get a whole lot of audio without spending a whole lot of money. Most of the time my posts are honest assessments, sometimes they are intended as humor. I appreciate the fact that some people spend a lot of money on gear; it supports the industry and encourages research and design which trickles down to me.
For the cost of some Grado SR 60s you can have a mind-opening audiophile experience. A pair of Kef LS 50 self powered wireless speakers can get you stereo audio that should satisfy most people for a lifetime. Anything more expensive than that will only be incrementally better, and logarithmically more expensive. Everything is on a bell curve.
Why Are People So Concerned About How Others Spend Their Money?
It's really tiring. Audiophools, Snake Oil, why buy this/that. I don't give a rip what others do, although I like to read about it but none of my business. I'm just not geared that way. People want to buy a Lambo, 10,000 buck cables, 100,000 buck loudspeakers, it's no skin off my nose yet some people are obsessed with what others do. I don't get it.
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"Having owned Grado60s and LS-50s, I can tell you there is an audio world out there that is a quantum leap past that level of gear. But I do agree with what you were trying to say. " I would venture to say that the difference between the LS 50w system and a million dollar system is less than the difference between LS 50s and typical laptop speakers. |
@larsman I would stongly recommend using a subwoofer system with the LS 50s. I another recent post on another thread I recommended a Rythmik sub for the Kefs, but there are many out there that will fill the bill, including distributed bass arrays.
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In a double-blind A/B test at normal listening levels most people would have a hard time distinguishing between LS50s and speakers that cost 100x as much. They would, however, immediately be able to tell the difference between the LS50s and laptop computer speakers. |