+1 ^^^^
for most mere mortals, there is a definate point where "good enough is good enough"....spending more money will not produce audible inprovements for most folks. Considering how damaged most of our hearing is now, I rarely believe the "golden ears" types unless they can qualify their opinions with a medical hearing test to back up their ability to even hear many frequencies
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Actually I'm not so sure about this.... coz I have been proven otherwise.......
This article reminded me that no matter how much money you spend on your components and speakers, there is always something out there a little bigger and badder.
It's the law of diminishing returns x 100.
It's when A $200,000 speakers may sound better than a $2,000 speakers, but the difference in sound tually, I'm not sure about thisquality is not by 100 folds, but by 0.1 folds.
Or something like that.
So why waste money on a $10,000 or $20,000 speakers unless they sound twice as great as your current speakers?
I've listened to the $23,000 B&W 800D, and they don't sound twice as good as all the $2,000+ speakers I've listened to.
I've never auditioned the Wilson Audio $50K+ speakers, but from what I've heard, they don't sound twice as good as all the $2,000+ speakers out there either.
I listened to the 800D too, and I don't even think they're any good at all, I don'ẗ get the sense of listen to music at all but something artificial and the bass for me is something booomy unnatural
For me the B&W's are not good speakers.....
Yes I been too ultra high end shops where they demo systems in price range $400k+, and in some occasions it's been so good that... it's at least twice to three times as good as any normal sound system... so sensational that I could swear that they played an improved mastering of Pink Floyd, the wall. But it was not the case.... It makes a good sound system sound like a plastic ghetto blaster
I don't know what's the trick here but a stereo system may be so real, sound so good that you can't even believe what you're hearing... Just throwing in ultra expensive equipment is not gonna work..... I still remember almost falling out of a sofa by the shock of hearing Roger Waters so real in front of me..... I have no clue how I could get something like this in my living room....
These guys that demoed this spent 20 years optimizing demo facilities, have ultra expensive anything and when this is done right.... it's just beyond imagination......
What's been claimed is the holy grail is ultrawide bandwith and NO filters, as filters kill the dynamics.... any kind of filter..... (they claim), all parts in that system has a bandwith from 5Hz to 200KHz +, even speakers, and a CD player without digital filters at all.... and the only in-series component in speakers is a capacitor to protect tweeters
Guess this is like comparing a Bugatti Veyron to a normal car.......
Sometimes I wish I was a millionaire
System I'm referring to uses Wadia top-of-the-line CD Player, directly coupled to bridged Adyton Cordis 1.8 Poweramps (no preamp), Nordost Valhalla cables all over Burmester S8 subs and Adyton Imagic speakers and some power conditioners the size of a fridge, not to mention room with all kinds of treatments
A system like what I described above is probably a an unrealistic dream, like finding the gold at the end of a rainbow......
BUT I WANT IT
Perhaps it's possible to pursue at a much lower price point.........
