mahgister
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| Did a satisfaction threshold exist under 1000 bucks ? My 18 propositions to reach satisfaction at low cost : 1. No speakers beat the room... 2. Integrate can be good and pre-amp can be good too... Tubes or S.S. or classD can be good each one of them... No competition exist between good alternat... | |
| Being alone with your music Meditating and praying in a cavern in the forest appear anti-social... But working for big pharma "for the good of humanity" appear a very social enterprise at first sight... Guess which one is anti-social really ? Listening music alone is n... | |
| Did a satisfaction threshold exist under 1000 bucks ? I like so much my self powered small speakers that active speakers will be my next move... Is it clearer? english is not my first language then i apologize...😊 "I would like to try it but my small speakers are self powered.... And i just disc... | |
| If I rip all my CD's to flac files do I still need a CD transport? Simple... I had 2 hard drive of 5GB ... One conected all the time... The other is a safe... What happens when your hard drive chashes? If you have the Cds, you can still recover the music. | |
| Did a satisfaction threshold exist under 1000 bucks ? Very interesting suggestion... Thanks... I would like to try it but my small speakers are self powered.... And i just discovered that active speakers will be my next move .... I listen intensively on my headphone because they are top and ... | |
| Did a satisfaction threshold exist under 1000 bucks ? I cannot say that i will abandon the quest for better sound... Then i guess i am like ghdprentice on this...😊 But lacking money i focussed in the past my attention on low cost improvements neglected generally by most... Anyway i cannot say, even... | |
| Did a satisfaction threshold exist under 1000 bucks ? I am a music lover first, but i am also an audiophile; give me 100,000 bucks i will go with ghdprentice club...😊 I never said that my 2 systems are audiophile ceiling , only at the audiophile minimal floor starting point for the speakers, but hig... | |
| Did a satisfaction threshold exist under 1000 bucks ? I modified my small speakers M-Audio AV40 so much well they are completely transformed... I add cardboard cylinder around the tweeter to make easier imaging and directionality toward my listening position... Impressive results... Then i increase... | |
| If I rip all my CD's to flac files do I still need a CD transport? 10,000 cd albums takes the 4 walls of an average room... Would you add 10,000 more or rip them all ? My house is a smaller one now... I ripped them all... I invested more money in music than in the gear anyway ...😊 I prefer my actual very good... | |
| Did a satisfaction threshold exist under 1000 bucks ? I was prepared long ago about this drawback ... The title of my virtual page in the last 10 years is : "Audiophile experience for the poor" I discovered that the three embeddings controls : acoustic, mechanic and electric, put us far enough on t... | |
| Why is solid state more popular when tubes are better? This is why i bought my Sansui Alpha ...😊 And i failed to upgrade it easily last week with a Zotl amp. ... I will keep the alpha....I want an atmasphere amplifier now to upgrade but they exceed my wallet depth for now alas! ... https://ishinola... | |
| Did a satisfaction threshold exist under 1000 bucks ? Very interesting post! Thanks... Especially the preacher Rembrandt metaphor... 😊 I can recall many highly emotional and satisfying moments with "lesser systems." As my knowledge and awareness of "better sound" pursued an upward trajecto... | |
| Why is solid state more popular when tubes are better? Best post and best written one... 😁😊 " @emergingsoul went fishing one day, hoping to catch a bass or another tasty tidbit...... ....what surprised was 'the hit', followed by the reel exploding from the speed strength and heat, hooking the Gr... | |
| Did a satisfaction threshold exist under 1000 bucks ? I think that it is an interesting metaphor thanks... It correspond to my feeling about my acoustic journey... So, does a satisfaction level exist under $1,000? Absolutely. If you cannot afford more… or if you are compulsively frugal and can aff... | |
| Did a satisfaction threshold exist under 1000 bucks ? I dont think for sure that someone who spend 100,000 dollars is deluded at all.... There is priorities to see BEFORE upgrading for sure : acoustics and ele4ctrical and mechanical embeddings controls but upgrading is ALWAYS possible... My questio... |