What audio system do you have, or plan on getting?

[71 dB]

Many years ago, I listened to music from a cheap plastic box with a single channel, a relay point radio, or from the most basic black-and-white television set. I did not care about sound quality; I simply wanted to hear music.

Everyone starts low. When I started to listen to music actively and not only passively I had SHARP WQ-T238 boombox. I recorded music from FM radio on C-cassettes. Then I bought my first CD player, JVC XL-101. I connected the CD player to my boombox which had RCA inputs. I few years later I bought my first hifi-speakers, a pair of Hifi 6/2 (Finnish DIY speakers designed by Pekka Tuomela). I bought the parts and the boxes and assembled the speakers. At first I used my boombox as the amplifier (by modifying it so that it had speaker outputs), but soon I bought my first hifi amplifier, NAD 302. I also extended the bass response from 50 Hz down to 25 Hz of my speakers by buying Hifi 55/2 passive subwoofer (also DIY designed by Tuomela). At this point I was enjoying very good sound quality (this was in 1994).

[Valentino]

I'm hunting a pair of used KEF LS50 or LS50 Meta for our TV setup.

[Florestan]

In this subject, there are always two opposing positions. The first claims that sound can and should be improved, because more accurate and realistic reproduction reveals music more deeply. Human perception is extremely sensitive to the smallest nuances of timbre, dynamics and spatial image. These micro-details and the accurate conveyance of live acoustics can heighten the emotional effect, create a sense of presence, and increase involvement. The second position insists that all components with the same basic measurements sound identical and that a simple playback chain is sufficient to convey the music to the listener. These views are irreconcilable, and it is probably pointless to seek compromise.

This is a strawman. That some systems sound better than others, or that good sound is preferable to bad sound, has never been in dispute. What triggered the discussion in the last few pages was the claim that different digital cables result in different sound, all other things being equal. This is not even disputable, it's plainly false. Digital cables either work (ie, have correct data transmission), or they don't (ie, have faulty data transmission). Other than that they have zero influence on the sound. Claiming otherwise is like claiming that, say, a Power Point presentation transmitted through a $1000 digital cable contains more information than the same document transmitted through a $10 digital cable.

[ritter]

[Roasted Swan]

Its not dead its only sleeping.........

[Harry]

Since it is not safe for me to post in this thread, I have no objections to explain my travail in PM's but only to friendly minded members, so no audio skepticals, but those who understand the worth of good audio.