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| Do You Tell Others How Much You Have Invested in Your System? I for one have no strong opinion on cables. I was just wondering. E.g. do component and speaker manufacturers test and optimize with top of the line cables? | |
| Am I Getting Soft Here? "You know you're there when when the music is so emotionally involving you have to force yourself to stop listening" it's good to have quotes like this for quantifying things we can't measure. Sometimes I listen to albums so many times (and I can... | |
| Am I Getting Soft Here? @dougthebiker i was going to edit my comment and add: I don’t care how much my system is worth, it’s not about the money. Understanding what improves the sound have less to do with big bucks investments and more with knowledge | |
| Do You Tell Others How Much You Have Invested in Your System? You invested 10K in cables? | |
| Am I Getting Soft Here? @larry5729 I think the group is very diverse. I have a gate keeper too and the only way I can upgrade is if I sell my old gear. I regularly have to defend myself like "I sold this for $600, please don’t nag me for buying a used turntable for $610"... | |
| Am I Getting Soft Here? I tried 8 speakers in 6 months. I finally took out an old pair from my garage from 20 years ago. It sounded as good as the best new pair that I kept. It was pure magic | |
| Am I Getting Soft Here? @hilde45 I was thinking about this and realized it's all in my brain. My ears are not improving. What gets better is my brain's ability to process the quality and characteristics of the sound. My brain compares the sound I heard before and I am ... | |
| Speaker Stand Help @jerryg123 I bet they sound awesome. | |
| Speaker Stand Help @lanx0003 I did show them off in two posts and people made fun of it. Which is fine, it's better if I like them and others don't than the other way | |
| Speaker Stand Help I think there are two kinds of decent looking speaker design: the subtle approach, mainly a tripod when it’s light and functional the furniture approach, when the design is bold, and in itself is a pretty piece of furniture but nevertheless fu... | |
| Speaker Stand Help btw Sonner speakers are beautiful. | |
| Speaker Stand Help @lanx0003 I have Dynaudio speakers and consider these ugly too. To give an idea of how obsessed I am with finding the right stands, I had them custom made and dragged it across from Europe. To be constructive, I find these OK looking https://w... | |
| Speaker Stand Help all these stands are beyond ugly. But maybe that's just me. | |
| The Killer Has Died on the marriage thing: Phil Spector shot his girlfriend in the mouth. I would call that a sin to drag out at the someone's death | |
| The Killer Has Died I feel the same way as Keith Richard when I listen to him |