How good is good enough?
Most of us here cannot afford six figure prices for each component (assuming that will bring the best sound.) So how far do we want to go to improve our systems? There are always bigger fish. When does it stop? It stops when we say it stops, when our gear brings us satisfaction. To constantly strive for better sound is an endless quest, not necessarily based on the quality of our set but on our personality.
markalarsen603 posts Good enough is when you are emotionally involved with the music.
^^^ This. @markalarsen I actually am looking to downgrade. I'm sure there are speakers out there that costs half the price SabrinaX and still sound as good or even better. The hunt is on. |
@mahgister Thanks for the clarification. |
OP-can’t you ask this same question for most things in life? How about a house? Is $300k for a house good enough or is the $800k house better? How about cars/trucks? Do you like a cheap Sentra or want to move up the chain to a Porsche? Both will get you to work, but there is a definite difference in quality. Same can be said about audio. You can buy a cheap system and think it’s the best thing out there. But we all know that spending more money (it can be a few thousand to tens of thousands) on the finer things in life will get you something better than going cheap. |
For sure in a general way of speaking you are right ... The problem with this analogy though is that an audio system is not a car or a watch ...It is not ready to go working right out of the box... The audio system exist and work optimally or not at all in an acoustic environment , nevermind the high quality of his design and very high price ... If you control the acoustic relation of the system and the room you will reach a very interesting level of acoustic experience and satisfaction ... if not it will be mediocre compared to the real potential of the gear you just bought ... Suppose the system is a car F1, without a specialized road( room acoustics) you will never be able to drive the F1 to his real potential in a non paved road or even on an usually bumping ordinary road... Acoustic matter at least as much as the gear design ,and because we are not billionnaire, acoustic knowledge matter more than the gear especially for low cost gear, because it is preposterous to buy a 100,000 bucks speakers for a living room , a non dedicated room ... ... But no designer of dac , or amplifier or speakers will dare to spoke this truth because they want to sell at all cost ...
Suppose you just bought 20,000 bucks for speakers or dac or amplifier and ask the seller if these piece of gear will work optimally in your living room right out of the box , guess what the sellers will tell you ? Yes for sure ...😊 Do you think he will said to you the truth about dedicated acoustic room andmechanical vibrations control and resonance and the necessary control of the noise floor level of the electrical grid of the house/room/gear ? Any dude who need to sell a F1 will conveniently forget to say to a teen with money that no normal road are adapted to this car and it will be unpractical to use it on average road ... It is the same with any very costly piece of gear ...We must learn basic acoustics...
«You are an idiot but it is not my business»-- Groucho Marx seller 🤓
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