kennyc
Responses from kennyc
| What is your audio axiom? “It’s both worth it and not worth it.” “It’s worth it” - what audiophiles tell themselves when purchasing a component “it’s not worth it” - how audiophiles view many/most above budget components ….now, what about your spouse? 😉 | |
| What is your audio axiom? Listen for yourself | |
| Cello Palette w/ Capacitors Maybe The Music Room to sell all your components, likely the easiest for you | |
| Finally heard Accuphase Due to poor sonics at rented rooms, it’s not uncommon for gear to sound poorly at audio shows | |
| Ortofon Cadenza Bronze, Blue, Black I’ve seen the Cadenza Bronze often used by several audio manufacturers in high-end audio shows to demo their products. Of the 3, the Bronze seems the most popular safe musical choice. | |
| Ice fans for listening during warm/hot days I searched out an extremely quiet fan for my bedroom, maybe good for audio also Just Curious, are you running hot tube gear? | |
| Ø Audio anyone? +1 @avanti1960 Sounded so good at AXPONA 2025 I stayed for extended listening. I’m a little disappointed that the fabulous sounding Boulder electronics were outside my budget. | |
| What does your DAC sound like budget wise I have limits . 5k is probably the max unless it’s a piece that can serve well to replace my convergent audio Ultimate mkii preamp. @dvdgreco This is confusing. Originally it seemed you were targeting a stand alone DAC, but here ... | |
| Seeking horn array loudspeakers with a maximum price of $17,500.00 per pair. Used Avantgarde Acoustic horn speakers is another option. | |
| Do I need upgraded power cables? @bzawa - cabling- you’re on the right track, it’s usually best to upgrade from stock cabling but don’t go crazy. Many believe that the power cable is the most important cable. Agree you should also consider a better conditioner for further sonic... | |
| Encouraging people to consider a traditional 2 channel stereo system. Our audio chains are sonically optimized to each of our personal subjective preferences, so others demoing our systems the sonics may not resonate with them. | |
| Seeking horn array loudspeakers with a maximum price of $17,500.00 per pair. @kjl1065 Usually, most would choose horn speakers because of their high sensitivity and are typically used with low powered tube amps. For instance, in my main system I’m running 200-340wpc SS in my Vimberg 89db speakers, but plan to run as lo... | |
| Using fibre optics to break ground level noise Fibre optic moats do drop the noise floor, but some reported it takes the life out of the music likely in highly transparent systems | |
| How close are you to being to your endgame? My system outline and I'm almost there. I have 2 audio chains, a main system and a flea watt system. Since I’m retired, I tried to short-cut the trial-error process to start my main system at near end-game level, targeting transparency and neutrality without sounding analytical/clinic... | |
| Encouraging people to consider a traditional 2 channel stereo system. The “what” is easy - expose them to the higher sonics of a well sorted high-end audio chain. It’s the “how” that’s difficult. IEMs, headphones, streaming …. There’s also a very high-end head-fi audio market like in Headfonics or Headfonia |