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In Reply to: Esoterica Is Its Own Reward. posted by jbwebs on May 8, 2007 at 10:53:44:
now and again, it is. until i put the arc sp3a1 into my system, i was pretty satisfied. and i was VERY satisfied years ago with a nad 3020 based system.and when the arc fell in, i felt me go: aaaaaaahhhhh.... thats what its all about. still, the rest of my system isnt stratospheric in price and very satisfying.
what the hobby for me is listening to all of it and reveling when i find a piece that gives me the sound of the so called high priced spread at the bargain basement level cost.
sometimes however, it pays to pick a piece that may be pricey if it enhances your system without breaking the bank.
...regards...tr
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I too am an audio agnostic. I don't discount all tweaks and high end stuff. I have just participated in too many blind listening tests where even very picky ears couldn't reliably pick the "better" product. Yet when those same folks knew which was which again, they were genuinely convinced that the "better" was better. So I am very skeptical unless I can hear the old and new without knowing which is which before I spend my money.
where there were 3 components being evaluated, (like CDPs), but the whole system wasn't too my liking such that i couldn't distinguish between units. I didn't take that to mean that the CDPs sounded the same, - but that the system wasn't good, and didn't have enough resolution for one to be able to discern the difference: bad testing methodology.
The problem of leisure, what to do for pleasure. Ideal love a new purchase, a market of the senses. Dream of the perfect life.
such as in DBTs. long term listening will reveal more. its not to say there isnt a place for them, just not for reviewers and consumers.performance anxiety wields its ugly head and snap decisions are made that destroy the validity of said tests. i heard differences in wire before it was the objectivist's favorite denigration.
i had always wanted to try arc gear and when the sp3a1 came up, it changed my expectations for tubed products. still, i remember the 3020 fondly.
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