From what I learned , that we all chase the sound , we listen to the speakers , amplifiers , sources , cables and all of the above , the most important is , that we forget about the music . Most of us neglect the best recordings because It does not sound right .At work I listen to all recordings from a cheap sound bar and I feel that I have more appreciation for the music , I feel like I focus more on composition than on the quality of the sound .
No more "High End" for me...Back to Reality Audio
After a 3 year roller coaster ride with so called "Audiophile High End" Tube Amps,/Tube Preamps, multi thousand dollar DAC's, Speakers of all shapes and sizes, and several DIY mods. I've settled on what will be my "forever system" and stop chasing a Dragon that I'll never catch. There's more important things in life to worry about. Plus HIgh End crap can be very fickle at times. It has taught me though what sounds good and how to get there and of course how much it will cost new or slightly used.
For the first time, I'm building a system around the Speakers. I'm an electronics Geek so that has ALWAYS come first. I've always done DIY Speakers as well form High School to College to married life (my Wife puts up with A LOT).
My Bose 901 "passion" will be with me forever. I will defend those Sealed Box odd shaped boxes till I do. Any old Geezer will be told off wherever they knock that Brand down. I did it last last week.
Anyways, the list :
- Klipsch Cornwall IV's driven by a pair of resto modded McIntosh MC50's
- Sony UBP-X1000ES (gotta get some more before they and the 1100ES become as rare as the overpriced Oppo crap) with my mods to the Analog Output boards
- Orchard Audio Ultra Amplifers x6 (I'm getting near the end of hand buiding/soldering the 6 pcb's)
- Stax SRM-007tA with Koss 95/X Electrostatics
- Surround Speakers will be 4x Series I/II Speakers with two on Tulip Stands and two more hung from the ceiling (what the Wife can see sitting down but can hear is always a good thing)
- Center Channel with be two Heresy's resting horizontally angled up towards the screen slightly
- two double stacked 12" H-Frame Subwoofers on the back wall
- All the Electronics will be mounted in the wall giving lots of space for the Cornwall to do their "thang"
To those still chasing the Dragon. Enjoy !
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@thejeenyus54 I'm glad I'm not the only that "feels the way I do". I'll bring the Single Malt. |
Absolutely on board with #1-6 related to your Cornwall performance mods. I like to add a few more: 7) replace all internal cabling with the same (or better) cabling used from the amplifier to speaker terminals. 8) bypass PC traces on crossover board and replace with point-to-point wiring (same quality as above) 9) remove all crimped-on connectors/spades and direct silver-solder to raw driver lugs (preferably at the point where the tinsel lead connects to the lug) and input terminals. This will allow the Cornwalls to take on more of the character of a "polite British loudspeaker" while actually increasing the dynamic impact that the "big Klipsch's" are famous for. |
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