I foolishly spent as much as a luxury car on my main system and I just changed the speakers on my 2nd system from the Paradigm Studio to the Monitor Audio Bronze and I am enjoying the dark and warm British sound so much that I started wondering why I spent so much on my main...
I had it mated to Outlaw receiver which is not a warm sounding power, and it didn't go well with another gear ( Paradigm Studio speakers) that had similar sound character, but when I switched to the Monitor Audio Bronze floor model, all clicked and I am enjoying music beyond my expectations, and as you all know, the Paradigm Studio costs many times over the Monitor Audio Bronze.
So, it's not how much you spend but how smartly you match the system I just found out - I wish I had known this a long ago, and it would have saved me much mullah and time and effort in this exciting hobby of sonic nirvanah...
If I had to do it all over again, I would stop at mid-fi and get something like Cambridge Audio amp mated with Monitor Audio silver and call it a day, all for less than $1000 US Dollar.
Anyone else found this to be true? What are your favorite system matching gears?
My advice to the newcomers is not to spend outlandish amount of mullah before you learn to system matching, since quite a bit of enjoyment can be had for little money these days - especially thanks to British offerings...
Monitor Audio speakers and Cambridge Audio amp were positively reviewed here on What HIFI, so let's keep reading it to save money and enjoy music more.
I had it mated to Outlaw receiver which is not a warm sounding power, and it didn't go well with another gear ( Paradigm Studio speakers) that had similar sound character, but when I switched to the Monitor Audio Bronze floor model, all clicked and I am enjoying music beyond my expectations, and as you all know, the Paradigm Studio costs many times over the Monitor Audio Bronze.
So, it's not how much you spend but how smartly you match the system I just found out - I wish I had known this a long ago, and it would have saved me much mullah and time and effort in this exciting hobby of sonic nirvanah...
If I had to do it all over again, I would stop at mid-fi and get something like Cambridge Audio amp mated with Monitor Audio silver and call it a day, all for less than $1000 US Dollar.
Anyone else found this to be true? What are your favorite system matching gears?
My advice to the newcomers is not to spend outlandish amount of mullah before you learn to system matching, since quite a bit of enjoyment can be had for little money these days - especially thanks to British offerings...
Monitor Audio speakers and Cambridge Audio amp were positively reviewed here on What HIFI, so let's keep reading it to save money and enjoy music more.