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In Reply to: Assembling a Good Audio System – black art or not? posted by John C. - Aussie on March 1, 2006 at 19:08:28:
I agree with Don on the synergy issue, that trying to cancel out faults is no way to go about it. You want to compound positives, not negate negatives. The former leaves you with something, the latter leaves you at 0. As you saw that's what the word means, everyone rowing in the same direction.....Tromatic is also correct in that only WE are the final arbiter of what is good. Even if the whole world hates it, if we like it then we have achieved success. Beauty IS in the eye of the beholder.
OTA-ATC (?) said: "I feel anyone who has achived great enjoyment from their system over a prolonged period of time with a wide variation of source material to be either very lucky, highly skilled or some of both."
My first system, put together sometime late 85 early 86 and only slightly changed over time (for the better when done) kept me in great enjoyment for 16 years. When I realized it was time to get new gear I made my mind first then got it all and while it took a little work to get it sounding right, it is so damn good you can lock me in the room and take the key. And anything sounds bitchin with it.
Am I lucky? No, it isn't luck. Opportunists make their own luck. If anyone is waiting for luck to come to them they better make themselves comfortable, they'll be there a while.
Am I highly skilled? In many aspects I probably understand the science behind it all worse than most people here. (I actually consider that a plus, it's useless info that doesn't steer me the wrong way) I counter it by intuition, common sense and what I think is the correct approach.
First off, you MUST know what kind of speaker you like and want. I discovered early on maggies are for me. That reduces it to a simple matter of choosing the correct model. So, like descending a flow chart choose between planars or cabinets. If you choose planars, then maggies, electrostats or ribbon... Stats? Then ML, Sound Lab or Quad... etc, etc... until you finalize type. All speaker models have a sound that is unique, and if you can find the one that plays music the way you like it, half the battle is won. Then buy the model that fits your room best, and DO NOT go too large.
Next is the room. The room must get tailored to the idiosyncrasies of your speaker. Certain truths will hold for all but some require special things done. If you do these two things right you are almost home.
Next is choosing a preamp that best suits your tastes and compliments your speaker choice. Then choose an amp that A: Compliments the Pre and B: can drive the speakers properly.
Then find sources that suit your tastes and the system you just built and add them in.
All that's left is to write note to wife, swallow key to room and enjoy.
It's all about the music...
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Follow Ups
- Lots Of Sense So far - Peter Gunn 21:44:46 03/01/06 (1)
- Re: Lots Of Sense So far - RAB 11:23:02 03/02/06 (0)
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