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In Reply to: RE: wise investment? posted by genungo on July 06, 2015 at 12:26:55
...and a modest turntable is at least as enjoyable. Not to mention, you can still find good LPs for $1 each at garage sales.
At hifi shows, every once in a while you hear something really good, but the system is either some proprietary hard drive DSD files, and/or an absurdly expensive one-off tubed DAC for $50,000. Only then does consumer grade stuff really sound weak in comparison.
IMO, you'll look long and hard before you're fully happy with a consumer digital product at an affordable price. The last ten yards to the holy grail are simply too expensive.
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I disagree. A modified Audio Note 1.1 dac and a Pioneer PD-65 used as a transport costs about over $1K and sounds fabulous.
I have a feeling that the best system in the world would leave me somewhat dissatisfied because the gold standard for me is the sound of live music. If my music budget was $100,000 I would probably not spend it all on a hifi system. I'd use most of that money to travel the world in search of the best in live music.
Genungo, because of my line of work I have the privilege of hearing live music 2 or 3 days a week. I don't think I will ever have a system that can quite capture the sound of unamplified instruments or vocals in a great acoustical space, however I believe it is possible to get close to the sound of amplified live music, they are still using electronics much like we are except the source.
My comments pertain mostly to live unamplified music.
If the golden standard is amplified music then realistic sound reproduction would almost seem to be within reach. I would probably start with different speakers - speakers using durable and sensitive pro drivers (Tyler Acoustics Pro Dynamics series, Audiokinesis). But I doubt that I would ever spend much more than $20,000 on an entire hifi system, in any case.
Stadium and sports arena concerts are a blast but do I want to replicate those acoustics in my home? ;-)
Occasionally I might want to but I'm no hammerhead. To each their own, I guess.
I agree. Certain music is best enjoyed in a home listening room. I go to concerts mostly for the 'experience', not the acoustics..... which are often pretty bad in sports arenas. ;-)
Red Rocks outdoors is pretty good though.
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