WHY DO PEOPLE FEEL THE NEED TO COMMENT ON CABLES AND EQUIPMENT THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD?

And typing in caps? I don’t read it to myself any louder. And besides, how would you honestly know if they had?

“Expensive” is a relative concept. Items that you may personally consider to be expensive may be relatively “inexpensive” to others. 

“You get the room right and a $500 receiver can sound like a $$$$ amp in the average listening room that has sound waves bouncing off windows, ceilings, dry wall, etc. like its the Titanic.”

🤔- Nope

I have a treated room and it was set up by a very well known acoustical engineer that brought all the goodies with him. I also have a $500 amp sitting on a cabinet  behind me (was $3k new), unplugged.

That unit never even sounded close to the amp and preamp I use now (which obviously cost more money). There’s a reason why the worlds most renown equipment designers create their own products and charge more for it rather than working a soldering iron over at Marantz. Think about it..
 

@kota1 

Thank you for the compliment- it took me a while to put this little space together simply because of the sound I wanted to achieve and the discretionary funds it took to make it happen.

And yes, I think we can all agree that a well setup/tuned room is at the top of the list when going down this road.

And for everyone else- swing by the music forum and check out the title I just listed under “What’s playing on your system today”, it’s awesome! (If you like that stuff)