In Reply to: I like to see people getting what their hearts desire with this pursuit of ours... posted by Wellfed on October 29, 2008 at 12:45:46:
"It's been my experience that MANY of the things people choose to pooh pah are in REALITY the things that put a system over the top"
I agree. In my own experience, when I was younger, I laughed at tube amps (I was a big Klipsch fan, go figure) until I brought one home and it beat the hell out of my Krell. I could not believe this old tube amp (Dynaco ST-70) sounded better than my Krell. Then I got on this "all tube equipment is better than all SS equipment" kick. Well that was a mistake too. As was my decision to only buy Klipsch speakers at the time. Well years later later and a crap ton of equipment later I have been trying to keep a more open mind on things. I still need a lot of work on that as you can see :)
"There's a concept called 'last tweak syndrome' which states that the last tweak usually seems like the most effective simply because it ALSO showcases the effect of previous efforts"
That's a great concept, never thought of it that way.
I'm open to suggestions as long as they don't cost me a bunch of $$
The only real tweak I have done is mount my turntable to the exterior wall of the house. Funny thing is, it cost me about $15 and it was the best thing I have done to my system.
Funny: I had a Linn Axis on my system for some time, then got a fully loaded LP12, (I did the wall mount a while after having the LP12) it sound better, but never as good as I expected it to. I bet if I would have done the wall mount while I had the Axis in my system I would have noticed a better improvement when switching over to the LP12. This goes back to your point about the "last teak syndrome".
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- RE: I like to see people getting what their hearts desire with this pursuit of ours... - hifidave2006@yahoo.com 14:33:37 10/29/08 (7)
- I'm on a miniscule budget myself now that the kids have become older... - Wellfed 15:27:34 10/29/08 (6)
- RE: I'm on a miniscule budget myself now that the kids have become older... - hifidave2006@yahoo.com 16:10:56 10/29/08 (5)
- I expect Herbies footers and interface materials will probably mitigate a less than optimal rack... - Wellfed 22:31:27 10/29/08 (4)
- RE: I expect Herbies footers and interface materials will probably mitigate a less than optimal rack... - hifidave2006@yahoo.com 08:44:17 11/01/08 (3)
- My experience suggests dBNeutralizer will be of benefit most anywhere... - Wellfed 09:23:52 11/01/08 (2)
- RE: My experience suggests dBNeutralizer will be of benefit most anywhere... - hifidave2006@yahoo.com 10:04:10 11/01/08 (1)
- 3 of those dBNeutralizer Tenderfeet would probably be great beneath your CD Player... - Wellfed 15:50:15 11/01/08 (0)