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In Reply to: RE: New Equipment-Initial Bliss posted by jaydacus on November 26, 2020 at 11:04:20
and buying clearly better equipment tends to help.
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I think someone needs to understand what they like before they spend more money on something that's better. Yes more money probably means "better" but that doesn't mean someone will like it as much as what they replace.It's about heaping on strengths (not balancing weakness with strengths) based on a system builders preferences.
To be more clear there's no doubt I could have a system costing 4 times or more than the system I'm currently enamored with and just not have much interest in listening to it. One man's pride and joy is another guys barf bag. It's clearly a subjectivists hobby.
Spending more money doesn't even guarantee mediocrity.
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Of course, there's the other side of this: When you replace a piece of equipment and find that there's a big improvement. That improvement proves to be consistent and repeatable. That's happened to me several times fairly recently.
Have you ever made an upgrade (not a lateral move) that brought audible improvements but ultimately you ended up liking the listening experience less?
I can only think of one instance where that happened to me: Years ago I replaced a Denon DL-103R with a Lyra Helikon. I got what I thought was an improvement in high frequency reproduction but ultimately I preferred the way the Denon handled high frequencies. I went back to the Denon.
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I would say sideways, similar to my parallel explanation, if you can't get euphoria from your setup, spend more money. Otherwise it is just experimenting with the same crap toys over and over and losing time in the process.parallel you are hitting your head against the ceiling, lateral you are moving sideways into the same box of crap you've built for yourself as well. you've got to break on through to the other side. it is better there.
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Lateral move doesn't mean anything unless we put some parameters and perspective around it. Is it a lateral move in terms of sound quality? Or is it a lateral move in terms of price?
Sure we can move laterally in terms of price, but that doesn't necessarily equate to a lateral move in terms of sound quality.
I've actually gone DOWN in price [significantly] on some items but have gone noticeably UP in sound quality by a huge amount.
Example: $4000 Luxman DA-06 DAC compared to a $700 Topping D90 DAC. DOWN in price. Huge improvement in sound quality. The Luxman sucked.
So when someone throws out "lateral move" are they coming from a pricing perspective or a sonic perspective?
Keep what wows you as being in a different class (after you've had an opportunity to audition it.) I too have heard better quality equipment that was cheaper than what it had replaced (for example, in my system the Mytek Brooklyn DAC + was much better-sounding than the McIntosh D100 and cost $800 less). Price may suggest better quality, but you still have to use your ears. I like to think that you'll know better quality when you hear it.
Hi Abe,
I've always thought "lateral move" referred to sonic performance, not price. To me it meant that the new piece of equipment did not improve on the one replaced. It might have different features or a different sound but there was no improvement from what came before.
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the engineers are a lot smarter now.
it doesn't matter where in the world they live.
it is easier to get to that top 5% or whatever they are calling it now, as you said with your experience.
the issue then boils down to whatever you like, I gather whatever floats your boat was what they called it, at least the golf players I've been around.
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