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Sudz type question here.
IfI did not answer it for myself then it would be a real Sudz.
As is, i will answer.
I an Happy.
No long story why..
Just it sounds fine.
Follow Ups:
Extremely happy and totally satisfied with both my systems. So much so that I haven't changed a thing in either system for about a dozen years or so. And unless something breaks and can't be fixed, I don't intend to make any future changes.
Still love listening to music on both systems (the thrill is definitely NOT gone).
If it were actually working right now. I'm currently building a new HTPC so should be ready to set it up again in a week or two. Then, I'll no doubt be happy with the system, but unhappy with my pathetically small room. :-|
I am happy, but admit it is fun to try different equipment. Cannot help the feeling that there may be something better out there. This journey has netted me my current system which I have thoroughly enjoy.
Johnny
Knowing no system is perfect (at least in my moneyshpere), I am as happy as can be. And I can easily be happy with my current system as is. In fact, except for positioning, I haven't changed anything in one year.
There are times (infrequent, just on certain recordings) I'd like to hear a little more open sound, a slight touch more top end sparkle, a little less midbass mush, or a little cleaner bite in the bass, but heck. To gain those without losing any preferred existing attributes, I suspect I'd have to do a serious room overhaul and spend much more than I am capable on replacement gear.
"There are times (infrequent, just on certain recordings) I'd like to hear a little more open sound, a slight touch more top end sparkle, a little less midbass mush, or a little cleaner bite in the bass, but heck. To gain those without losing any preferred existing attributes, I suspect I'd have to do a serious room overhaul and spend much more than I am capable on replacement gear. "Or, you could get a programmable equalizer, and store the settings which make some of those recordings sound the way you like them.
:)
Edits: 08/22/12
I am afraid I would lock my OCD self in my room, fiddling endlessly with something such as that, searching for perfection. Never again emerging from my rabbit hole. At least with gear swapping there is a monetary limit to which I am restricted. I just don't trust myself with a free fiddlin' machine. ;^)
Nothing needs fixing except my curiosity.
Recent toys:
Manley Neo-Classic 250 monoblocks
Wyred 4 Sound SX-500 Class D SS monoblocks
Bryston 7BSST2 monoblocks
Rogue Cronus Magnum tube integrated
Cary CAD-200 SS stereo amp
ARC LS16mk2 linestage
ARC LS25mk2 linestage
Aesthetix Calypso linestage
Aesthetix Calypso Signature linestage
Aesthetix Rhea phono preamp
Rogue Ares phono preamp
Musical Surroundings Nova phono preamp
PS Audio GCPH phono preamp
Bob's Devices CineMag 1131 'blue version' SUT
Bob's Device CienMag 3440 'red version' SUT
In the queue next month:
Rogue Medsua hybrid tube / Hypex Class D amp
The Setup as it is Today:
Mac music server
Accuphase DP-65v CDP
Wyred 4 Sound DAC2 direct to amp
No linestage
Cary CAD-200 SS amp
I mean, there are so many amps on used market - why THAT?
Reviews are not a dogma for sure, but in this case, Fremer's impressions, along with Bryston's response in Stereophile, gave me everything I need to know.
"Accuracy" my ass ... no, the Bryston's collective ass, where they should stick their "accurate" amps.
No wonder your fascination didn't last long...
I guess there are subjectivists, objectivists, and Fremerists.
Ya know, Carcass, you like to shoot off your mouth, but you contribute little, if anything.
Name 5 amplifiers that are better and don't cost more.
If you feel that I contribute nothing, don't read my posts - I stopped reading yours long ago.
"If you feel that I contribute nothing, don't read my posts - I stopped reading yours long ago."
Yet, you read the one to which you just now replied.
And, I'll bet that you'll read this one, too.
In any case, cite any of your posts in the past month where you actually contributed useful information to the forum, and didn't just pooh-pooh what someone else wrote.
I don't post here to get into tit-for-tat arguments with people. So, if you have something useful to say, great. Otherwise, don't expect a reply.
Being a musician, my system is only average, but I'm happy with it from a musical standpoint.Being an audio engineer, my system is only average, but I'd like to improve my speakers and go to a tri-amped system.
Being a former audio equipment sales professional, my system is only average, and I know there's lots of equipment that would be fun to have but I can't currently afford.
Being versed in the sciences of room acoustics and psychoacoustics, my room isn't as good as it could be and I know why, and it's up to my wife to approve expenditures. In the meantime, I'm not unhappy about it.
Being a fan of ergonomics, I'd like to re-arrange the layout of system components, to make things a bit more convenient. I'll do that after I finish the patio, finish re-painting, and clean up the garage.
:)
Edits: 08/20/12
and there is only ONE real fix for that. :^(
"For a nominal service fee,
you can reach nirvana tonight."
just this week after working through some problems. My rig now is both 1) very detailled, 2) tone colors are very rich & full, 3) very neutral, with a lot of timbral variety. I was just listening to a Stravinsky recording on Chandos and couldn't believe how the sound was coming together.
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I am unhappy with how little time I have to listen to the system that I am happy with.
Not happy.
I moved and the room is big but hell-shaped, has a terrazzo floor, large windows all around and a suspended ceiling.
I simply cannot sit anymore for more than one record. Whenever the house is quiet enough (like no laundry being done in the room next to my listening room) I am usually alone in the house as all the kids are now gone and my wife is still working and I just can't relax in the basement.
The computer also takes up a lot of my time and I get more enjoyment out of finding old recordings, whether video or audio only, of artists heretofore unknown or barely known to me and as diverse as Joe Maphis and Jacqueline François.
Is it age? Does not help I'm sure, but I simply would rather go on a voyage of musical discovery rather than do any so-called critical listening.
to keep tweaking it. Haven't had a lot of luck with the newest tweaks - crystals, speaker tails, damping devices, etc. I think I'm just going to purchase more great sounding music -best tweak I've found over the past decade or so.
I have always been happy with my system(s). I have one more interconnect cable being replaced this week and then I will be done, as long as I use the current listening room I'm in.
Some day I hope to have a bigger listening room, and only then I will be able to go up in size with my speakers, but I'll stay with Maggies. All the other pieces will work just fine.
nt
m,
I'm very happy w the hi efficiency "100 dB Club" system...... I'm focusing on the music, rather than the system.........
I find myself in the position of tweaking and playing around just to see what is possible rather than because I think there is something missing.
Though there are times I wish I hadn't sold my reel to reel tape deck, Nakamichi cassette deck, Music Hall mmf-5 turntable, LPs and tapes but I needed the money and didn't fancy living on the street.
Here is my system before I sold my RTRs, cassettes and LPs.
I still have the Yamaha SACD/DVD-Audio player, Sanyo TV, AMC tubed preamp and Adcom power amp. However I listen mostly to 24 bit computer music files nowadays mostly from HDTracks and other high resolution digital sites. However my favorite 24/96 AIFF computer music files are from audiophile LPs, especially Direct Discs. I seem to enjoy the high resolution digital versions better but there are times I miss my favorite prerecorded 7½ IPS reels and prerecorded audiophile cassettes. I don't miss LPs as I always hated the fussiness of playing them, in this case I really enjoy the 24 bit music files with about 90% of the fantastic sound of LPs and none of the hassle.
"Happy Listening,
Teresa."
More like 10% of the accuracy of vinyl with no hassle. God I hate lazy people!
I got very good at threading reel to reel tapes. My Teac had auto-reverse so I didn't have to turn the tapes over. Sorry if that makes me lazy.
"More like 10% of the accuracy of vinyl with no hassle."
I did mention that the audiophile LPs were on 24 bit 96kHz AIFF music files. AIFF is uncompressed and is 4608 kbps. On my system, to my ears they have about 90% of the sound of the original LPs played straight from the turntable.
"Happy Listening,
Teresa."
I have heard true high res copies of vinyl records, and, I must admit, they were very close to the vinyl.
N/T
"One this was all Black Plasma and Imagination" - Michael McClure
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marc g. - audiophile by day, music lover by night
I am truly thrilled with my present system and set-up. I have been following Paul McGowan's recommendation for system set-up and used the Stereophile's Test CD 3 along with the Reference Recording Tutti SACD track 14 as a guide. Made some significant speaker adjustments and I now think my system is optimally tuned in. Could not be happier. Made a vast improvement on all
dimensions of the sound.
Some speaker tow-in here, some electrical tweaks there ... it's just
amazing!
Not unhappy with my system but I have just pushed the button on two upgrades that should refine what I currently have.
First is a Kuzma Stogi S12 VTA arm to go on "The Woodpecker".
The other is a Teddy Pardo Power Supply for my Young DAC. :-)
Cheers
Welly
He hoped and prayed that there wasn't an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely hoped that there wasn't an afterlife.
- Douglas Adams
I always say: How long does it take for an audiophile to setup a turntable? Sometimes, 20 years! Funny, it took me the same amount of time to setup the CD player as well ;-)
Equipment is not so expensive, but I've made lot's of changes.
I have't made many changes over the decades. I still do 90% of my listening over my Fulton J speakers (over 30 years old) powered by my Audio Research D 70 amp (just short of 30 years old). I am using some "new" units: an Auditorium 23 tranny, a Fosgate phono, and a Mystere ca 21 preamp.
Hi Old School, that's what I'm shooting for - a system that will last me for a couple of decades (think I might have found it: Red Wine Audio + Fritz Speakers). I wonder if reading about gear on these forums is bad for my system-longevity goal, though lol
Never better with my new Gilmore Raptors
Alan
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