July 23rd, 2014, 7:24 am
July 23rd, 2014, 7:49 am
My concern is, as I find myself starting to go down that path - it becomes very easy to justify that next little upgrade. Ie cap and resistor upgrades that cost nearly as much as the speaker.
July 23rd, 2014, 8:30 am
July 23rd, 2014, 8:31 am
July 23rd, 2014, 8:56 am
rock4016 wrote:Here is my advice, there are several members of this group who have spent over 25 years building and tweaking their systems. I suggest you try to listen to as many of them as you can so you can hear for yourself what is important to you. That's what I did several years ago and it really saved me a lot of time and money because I knew what direction I wanted to go after hearing several very different but very good sounding systems.
Also you can save your money while you wait and research.
July 23rd, 2014, 9:17 am
cport wrote:Be sure to check out Troels Gravesen's site
Here are my Pluto's -- just say that it is possible to build something even the wife would enjoy.
July 23rd, 2014, 9:30 am
July 23rd, 2014, 10:14 am
Roscoe Primrose wrote::character-oldtimer:
I like to use an analogy when talking about audio gear... Think of a piece of gear like a woman. A good design is a beautiful woman, a bad design is an ugly woman. Boutique parts, think of that as makeup. Put a lot of makeup on an ugly woman, and she may look a little better, but she's still an ugly woman. A beautiful woman is beautiful even without makeup, but a beautiful woman can sometimes look even better with the proper application of the right makeup..
Roscoe
July 23rd, 2014, 11:17 am
It really depends on the type of 'Audiophile' (or, better, 'Equipophile') you grow up to be -- are you going to become a scientific audiophile, or a "magical Audiophile"? The scientific audiophile will measure and listen, and will refrain from using the $$$$$ Teflon cap when a non-polar electrolytic will serve, the magical audiophile will invest "thousands" in the interconnects and speaker wire, as they can hear the difference, and will most definitely use the "Teflon's" whenever and wherever possible .
July 23rd, 2014, 6:20 pm
Roscoe Primrose wrote::character-oldtimer:
I like to use an analogy when talking about audio gear... Think of a piece of gear like a woman. A good design is a beautiful woman, a bad design is an ugly woman. Boutique parts, think of that as makeup. Put a lot of makeup on an ugly woman, and she may look a little better, but she's still an ugly woman. A beautiful woman is beautiful even without makeup, but a beautiful woman can sometimes look even better with the proper application of the right makeup..
Roscoe