Appreciating you system

[Witterings]

When you listen to your main system regularly, it's very easy to take if for granted and pick holes in what are probably bad recordings and blame the setup.

I've had a day today of trying to decide whether to upgrade an amp in a secondary listening area, using an amp switch going back and forward between the two to try an decide which I prefer.

The room has speaker placement issues as the only place to put the speakers is either side on a window sill so they have the wall right next to them and glass immediately behind so I can't get rid of the "boxy" sound and it'll always have "limitations" and this is a much more "budget" system.

Finished watching the news and thought I'd play a few tracks on my main system before ZZZZ's and WOW ....... WOW .... really made me appreciate my main system again, next time I take if for granted I know what to do 😆

 

[Jasonovich]

It's true we need to take stock what we already have and enjoy the music more.

 

[Al ears]

I certainly appreciate my main system as I don't have the luxury of multiple ones.
I use a DAP and headphones when away from home and have a single Dali Katch speaker in the kitchen.
Music wherever I want it really without worries of setting up a system in an awkward space.
If the music you get out of the awkward setting is severely compromised why go through the expense of trying to set one up there?

 

[abacus]

There are 2 types of Hi-Fi enthusiasts, one that listens to the system (And end up constantly changing equipment to get something better, but never achieving it) and the other that listens to the music (These take care in choosing and then just enjoy the music until something fails or a new format etc. comes along) .
I'm firmly in the music first group, thus my equipment changes very slowly over time. (The oldest component in my system are the speakers which are little over 20yrs old and still going strong, with the youngest being my PVR which is about a year old, and was only purchased because my previous PVR gave up the ghost)

Bill

 

[Gel Man]

I have had my speakers 18 years now and I am never going to change them I have decided. I bought 2 amps last year because I split my system up from a 5.1 home cinema system to a 2.0 hifi setup and a 2.1 hifi setup and I love listening to them both. The only speaker I don’t use now is my centre speaker. I will keep that as a spare if anything goes wrong with the other speakers not that I do think it will.

 

[Jasonovich]

There are 2 types of Hi-Fi enthusiasts, one that listens to the system (And end up constantly changing equipment to get something better, but never achieving it) and the other that listens to the music (These take care in choosing and then just enjoy the music until something fails or a new format etc. comes along) .
I'm firmly in the music first group, thus my equipment changes very slowly over time. (The oldest component in my system are the speakers which are little over 20yrs old and still going strong, with the youngest being my PVR which is about a year old, and was only purchased because my previous PVR gave up the ghost)

Bill

It's a failed synopsis and tainted with a little bit of hypocrisy, I say this with humour, not wishing to offend.

You know Bill, most of us fall in the first group, you demand excellence but is often an unobtainable goal.

The second group only listens to the music, so if the HiFi isn't the criterion, and if this holds water, then this group have no relationship with HI-FI, since they are content listening to music through a beatbox.
I think this group should fall under a new classification, music-phile. Please someone come up with a better name!

I think I may have painted the second group with a broad brush. I think most who fall into this group, are only saying, you need to prioritise the music more than getting hang up on your with your hardware, which is a fair comment.
It's kind of chicken and egg situation, you first need to have a good setup to really extract the best out of your music.

Look at it this way, is a true photographer the one who never changes his camera or his lens?

In pursuit of excellence, you need to invest in your hobby but there's always a caveat, you need to take stock of what you have, and try to curb this obsession.

 

[Jasonovich]

I have had my speakers 18 years now and I am never going to change them I have decided. I bought 2 amps last year because I split my system up from a 5.1 home cinema system to a 2.0 hifi setup and a 2.1 hifi setup and I love listening to them both. The only speaker I don’t use now is my centre speaker. I will keep that as a spare if anything goes wrong with the other speakers not that I do think it will.

Nice setup Gel, I see from the photo you don't have main's surge protection from your power supply. Always good to have this in place, just in case the unthinkable happens.

Below is what I use for mine, you'll probably find cheaper on eBay and Amazon.
All this wiring I have is like the Spagetti Junction! 🙂

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[Gel Man]

Nice setup Gel, I see from the photo you don't have main's surge protection from your power supply. Always good to have this in place, just in case the unthinkable happens.

Below is what I use for mine, you'll probably find cheaper on eBay and Amazon.
All this wiring I have is like the Spagetti Junction! 🙂

Pardon our interruption...

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I do have main surge protectors, I think I have something like 3 connected to my 2 main systems. 😀