Are there other people like me ? Amazed by their low cost system :)


Are there other people so much amazed by a relatively low cost system , they consider that is not a stopgap but instead a minimally satisfying ectasy... Each day i am amazed by my speakers and headphone... Am i deaf? Am i ignorant of high end ? Be assured that i know better system with higher acoustic experience and more refined exist ...

My point is an experienced and felt minimal threshold of acoustic qualities and well done and well realized and well manifested acoustic factors exist for me and are at play, for the price invested; so much so , i consider any upgrade way less tempting and if possible would be more, way more , costlier to appear as a real upgrade in quality... For sure an upgrade of part at low cost unbeknowst to me is possible but i must live with what i have for now but i feel no frustration at all. 😊

Am i the only one deluded in this way or enlightened in this way ? Pick your choice of word.... 😎

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It seems the fact that someone is happy and know why he is happy with a low cost well embedded system hurt some people feeling...

Happily i am not alone in this situation ... It seems ..😊

I invite any other people happy with a relatively low cost system to testify and explain why it is so , if they can do it for the benefit of others...

This will be called a useful and interesting audio rhetoric .... Each case will be different for sure...We are all different...

And this is not a rhetorical fact...

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I love my low cost office system. 

I repurposed speaker boxes, installed seas dual concentric drivers with recommended crossovers powered by a used Hegel H160 integrated amp and stream via a blue sound node. I recently added a small sealed REL subwoofer for a little deeper bass.

I look at my computer screen, 12 O'clock with speakers behind me, 4 feet back, one at 4 O'clock and one at 8 O'clock.I have some egg crate sound deadening foam mounted on the wall behind my computer screen. The room is only 9' X 13' giving it a cozy, comfy feel.

This system gives me so much enjoyment that It's hard to pry myself away to go to work. Part of it may be a clear head in the AM, really good dark roast coffee and cream.

I have a much higher-end system in my living room, but part of the enjoyment of the office system is knowing I didn't spend much to achieve such a level of enjoyment. Of course many would not be impressed and some would scorn my setup which is A-okay with me!

 

 

“Are there other people like me ? Amazed by their low cost system :)”


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We will like a bit more details...if you could ... 😊

 

 

 

interesting post by 61falcon thanks...

As you i discovered that a low cost system can be very good for enjoying music , especially if much of our creativity is invested in it...

I modified completely my low cost speakers, i disliked them a lot after purchase for 10 years as i put them almost in a bin trash or relegated them on a second computer work; now i can live with them without any frustration this is really audiophile for the poor, acoustics basic knowledge helped me a lot here in modifying the rear porthole design completely and the tweeter waveguide + others "tin foil" hat tricks... 

My Tannoy  gold dual concentric which i owned 40 years with a way more refined design never gave me the same enjoyment. Why ?

Because nevermind the price and quality, any speakers must be used in an acoustically optimized way in a room ... Alas! when i had the Tannoy i was knowing nothing about acoustic... My actual 100 bucks small speakers gave me more right now even with a less refine design  because of this knowledge... Even if the design of the Tannoy were  superior in all acoustic factors on paper... Then owning high end speakers is not enough , we must learn how to embed the speakers mechanically, electrically and acoustically ... And this is my main point ...😊

I have a couple of cheap systems that cost around $5000 each. They sound good, but they don’t come close in sound quality to my dedicated system where my cables alone cost more than my own her systems.

IMO, the op created this post only to hear him talk. We all know you have a $500 system that betters $500k systems, just like older posts from MC claiming his $2000 speakers bettered Wilson $800k speakers. 
We don’t need to have someone trying justify their system sound quality and the OP doesn’t need to try to push garbage about how to turn a $200 amp into a giant killer by the knowledge only the OP knows. I suggest go to audio club meetings, audio dealers, audio shows to hear what you are missing.