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Jazz for aficionados
My new low cost tube preamplifier with three tone controls well done (50 bucks) for my active speakers make my soundfield even better and it was good already... Then i listened the sound ( not the music) of my system for the last 24 hours...😁 It... 
How good is good enough?
Some people here double down as if it was a game and ask and even thanks for never being satisfied ,😁 is it not incredible ? It is like in front of a rational task to do and asking to do the same mistakes  without end ... Myself i asked few year... 
Have we lost civility and respect on Audio forums?
Thanks for this short on the point post which do better than my too long posts ...😁 DBT and other snippets from the work of Dr. Toole or Sean Olive have been adopted by a few as the gospel mantra to explain all. Dr. Toole said it pretty well hi... 
Have we lost civility and respect on Audio forums?
For sure you are right... I only use his attitude as an index and as a mere  symptom about a greater societal and civilization problem ... He is only deluded by the importance of double blind test over anything else... This means something ... ... 
What say you?
Amazing video! thanks to the OP... All i had seen in this video confirm my experience ... Acoustics of room/speakers is the key... So crafty these people were they miss this central point and were focussing on gear design and alimentation , mech... 
How good is good enough?
If the queston is not based on reality and acoustics parameters and acoustic satisfaction .. Then the question is a question about psychology... Easy to answer... There are normal people happy with what they have so imperfect it is and they lis... 
How good is good enough?
The only problem I see with your argument is that there are people who are never done with their acoustic treatments, too. You cannot put consumerism obsession to buy the last top audio design on the same footing than acoustics.. 😊 There is a... 
How good is good enough?
Sometimes it’s the chase that’s the most exciting Not at all , it is the learning process which is interesting... But some think that buying 40 amplifiers to test them is the basic learning; some others as me look for a good enough amplifier a... 
How good is good enough?
My goal was from the beginnings to create a system for music...never to use few music albums to test my system ... I own 10,000 albums...😊 I invested in music and books (i will not reveal how many books😊 ) not in a hundred of thousand dollars sy... 
Have we lost civility and respect on Audio forums?
So true indeed! 😊  
How good is good enough?
Very good post! My answer will be because we refuse or do not understand why we must learn minimal basic acoustics concepts and how experimenting with them ... We condemn ourself to consumerism in the pursuit of an illusion related to the gear m... 
Have we lost civility and respect on Audio forums?
Art is a crafmanship born from necessity, but educated by the heart and mind ...Science is his offsping as is technology ... The question is , who want a purely non human health care with the hypothesis that the human body is only a machine corpo... 
How good is good enough?
For me acoustics was more important in my learnings and in sound quality that the price of capacitors or the price of crossovers ... For many it is the opposite... But it is better to have perfect room acoustic with less good capacitors and cros... 
Peformance at price point for speakers manufactured in China?
For sure you are right... I lived through the same experience with cheap chinese products 10 years ago and also with the product of  a new american player in town at the times  ... The new american amp well reviewed was so bad i sold it the next... 
Have we lost civility and respect on Audio forums?
What I find interesting is why does this topic produce such an entirely emotional response? That would be an interesting study.   The answer to this is simple and evident...   There is a universal debate in our society all across earth about...