Once again, thank you all for your kind answers!
So, another set of replies:
I wasn't really worried, as I said, but it's true that it kinda comes an goes! I used housecurve today and did not like what I saw ahaha! I have a friend who is both a sound engineer and an acoustician, and I told him where I'm at, so he might come over and do a proper measurement with his gear and help me set up a filter to add to Roon or at least a PEQ.
I tried to play with it a bit today and it was pretty disconcerting: when I turned it on, the sound felt different weird like "this is wrong and there is too much of that") but after 10 mins, it sounded great... and when I turned it off, I was like "oh my god, this is wrong and there is too much of that"... and after 10 mins, it sounded great!
You get why I don't trust my ears! I feel like I can enjoy differently different set ups. And it's like I'm never too sure what I prefer.
Here is a metaphore: when you watch a movie at home, your image can be "more or less accurate" (as in hi-fi actually, the colors, the contrast, the darkness...) and your image can be small or big. It's like I'm not too bothered by the differences in colors and everything as long as 1)it's UHD and 2) it's huge!
I feel like a kid! Just wanting to be in awe of something spectacular, incapable of a proper critical listening! That's it. I'm a teenager when it comes to my system! And I kinda want to become a grown up like you guys ahaha
@Sgt. Ear Ache : For myself, the information here at ASR made the process of assembling a good sound system easier by an enormous magnitude compared to the classic audiophile process of watching a bunch of reviews in which people said a whole bunch of stuff
Oh yes, I completely understand!
You had a really thoughtful first post and I think it resonated with a lot of people. Your strength of character stands out even in this short interaction, with a thank you and even an attempt not to flood your own thread!
Thank you so much!
It’s fun vicariously spending other people’s money.
ahaha, I so get it, I want to set up systems for my friends with their money all the time!
Thank you again!
I may have missed the current setup you have, but in a way it doesn’t matter if you like it.
Yes, for now, I don't want to share it with everyone because I do not want to read "oh, well, you can probably sell this and this for so much, and then you can probably get such and such for so much". And I know it WILL happen if I do.
I bought my gear pretty recently, it is not cheap and it's the resulting of a bunch of different constraints/deals. I think it probably can be optimized with room correction and this is why I'm starting to toy with Roon. But yes, I clinch to the fact that I cried with that system, as it is. So it's "good enough".
Instead of trying to match a measurements based system to what you already like, it makes the most sense to try something with no preconceived notion or adjustment to what you already own.
yes, indeed it does.
Mg current system is very much science driven. I currently run all Meyer Sound gear and a Trinnov Altitude 32. The system is the price of an nice car at retail (but again, I spent a lot less).
Woaw, interesting! So what model are the speakers?
I tell that story because:
1) patience brings you deals.
2) I have a very premium “Summit Fi” system
3) You need ~$1200 to experience a measurements based system, ideally $1500 to $2500, and will get 80% of the performance of my “if I won the lottery” type system with just $2500.
Yes, that's pretty compelling (and I did spend more than that!)
#1 important element: speaker
#2 important element: DSP
#3 important element: source
#4 important element: knowledge
I would take a great speaker with no DSP and a YouTube source over a state of the art (SOTA) DSP and DAC and amplifier and lousy speaker.
Oh ok, very interesting indeed! I wouldn't have anticipated that.
Everyone likes to say that the source is the most important. You cannot deal with poor recordings with limited dynamic range or incorrectly mic’d environments, etc. While you may have the option of picking which recording of something like Tchaikovsky’s Nutracker Suite is the best, if you like Taylor Swift, the Beatles, Michael Jackson, the soundtrack to Wicked, the soundtrack to Avengers, you get what you get. You might find better versions of pop music or better songs you enjoy within a genre, but if you like _______, you get what you get. You cannot say that I want the Beatles with more dynamic range than they had. Remixes and remasters only go so far.
Yes, we can't control everything...
How? How can you tell from reading posts on an internet forum that the sound you're hearing is not good sound, that it is deficient?
Well, more than just "posts", it's a global reasoning. I made a bayesian bet and figure that my system most likely wouldn't measure great. But I will probably have more solid data confirming this soon!
@eddantes : thank you very much for this very interesting answer. This is not a perspective that's often presented but it is very important. And it says a lot about what I was saying earlier, how I could just get used to very different sounding set ups. Thank you
Good. I was worried. You did seem upset.
Maybe a little more than I'm ready to admit?
Wonderful. We'll take the compliment. Flattery will get you a long way at ASR.
ahahah, duly noted!
I saw in your intro post that you're a musician. What do you play, do, make...?
Yes, but very amateurish. I've made very different music, from post-grunge to experimental electronic, or noise, spoken word, post-punk, ambient... I can't really play any instrument well, but I toy with fortunate accidents and sometimes, it pays off!
@MaxwellsEq : yes, the money! but also: the time, the worries, the insomnias... It's a gamble!
