magiccarpetride;684877 Wrote: > One could argue, equally forcefully, that the exact opposite approach > would be more prudent. Waiting for the time when we're 99% there to > turn our attention to experimentation/tweaking would invariably mean > that we've already spent copious amounts of money. Many of those > expenditures could've easily been avoided if only we had prudently > applied some experimentation along the way. > > For example, room treatments. If we're just starting to build a high > quality audio system, and had reached a point where we feel that the > sound of our system is lacking in bass and is at the same time having > too much glare in the upper mids, we could, following your advice, work > on upgrading one or more major components. We could for example upgrade > our integrated amp to a much pricier pre-amp/power-amp separates, or > maybe upgrade our lowly $500 DAC to a more esoteric $8,000 DAC etc. > After doing that, we may still feel that the bass is a bit shy and > muddy, and that there is still some remaining glassiness and shrill in > the highs. There goes another round of very expensive upgrades; maybe > we upgrade our Totem speakers to much more expensive Willsons, and so > on. You get the general idea. > > But what if many of these expensive upgrades could've been avoided if > only we paid more attention to experimenting a bit with speaker > placement, room treatment, or even just purchasing a $100.00 power > conditioner? > > I'd encourage people to start experimenting and tweaking early on in > the game, especially with free or cheap tweaks (in the range of $10 to > $100). We've all been there at one point or another, and discovered > that by replacing the noisy switching wallwart with a $65.00 linear PSU > introduced more order and musicality into our system than buying a > $1,500 preamp could ever do.
MCR: You are the living embodiment of an enigma - you can write something very useful and by all accounts quite reasonable, as the passage quoted proves, and then you can also write something so outrageous and far out that one can think you completely insane. In any case, until Mr. Hyde resurfaces, well done Dr. Jekyll! -- ralphpnj Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels -> Snatch -> The Transporter -> Transporter 2 (oops) -> Touch 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/jazzfann/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ralphpnj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=92918 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
