Hi
This came to me as I am pondering on my next move for an endgame system:
I recently build a satisfying 5.3 HT based on inexpensive components. Total cost was in the vicinity of $4000:
3 JBL LSR 308 ................ $600
2 JBL LSR 305 ..................$250
3 Parts Express Subs....... $600
Denon AVR.........................$700
Some 12 feet Screen .....$500
BenQ HT2050 PJ .........$700
miniDSP 2x4 .................$100
UMIK ................................$100
Nordost () Cables ......$300
REW ...................................$0
Reading, learning and frustration .... Can't put a number of these yet perhaps the price for enjoyment and great results..
The HT system can blast anybody's hearing, doing at the listening position over 110 dB.... anywhere from 20~20,000 Hz . The PQ was already good out of the box tweaked a bit by some fora reading, it is marginally better. ... My nitpicks : I would have wished for OLED black levels, 4K stunning picture and HDR visual impact...on the UAdio side, I find the JBL a bit "raw", for the lack of a better terms, on some part of the Audio range, I think the midbass could be better and the treble too .. else my friends, my family and I are having a blast ...
Same with headphones. I started a regular audiophile, piling up even more expensive headphones .. Denon 2000, then HiFiman 400 then Stax ESl SR-009, then Audeze LCD2 then HifiMan 560 ... Same with DACs, myTEK then Luxman DAC/Amp then one DAC I can't remember which retailed at about $5000 (acquire dit for a fraction which will not be revealed) then headphone amps including a Woo tube unit .. then Luxman unit then ... I derive most of my listening pleasure from the HifiMan HE-560 driven by am iFi iDSD thing DA/Amp ($500~600. It has batteries built-in a powerful Amp and a DAC that is capable of any rate one care to find anywhere I believe up to 384 ...) While I find the Stax to be the best headphones I have heard, I prefer listening music on the HE-560 which I bought a while back for about $900. It hovers now around $400 ... so this headphones system cost $900 and it is my favorite ... The Stax stack cost over $6000 ...
My questions:
What would be the threshold for various components? Anchoring products woudl help. For example .. The JDS Atom shows what can be gotten for $100 .. over that what is one really buying? Performance? In your mind. Looks ? That one is important to some ( to me to a certain extent).
DAC
Speakers...
Subs ...
Headphones
Cables ? My pet peeve ...
Wanting for your input people and a hearty discussion,
This came to me as I am pondering on my next move for an endgame system:
I recently build a satisfying 5.3 HT based on inexpensive components. Total cost was in the vicinity of $4000:
3 JBL LSR 308 ................ $600
2 JBL LSR 305 ..................$250
3 Parts Express Subs....... $600
Denon AVR.........................$700
Some 12 feet Screen .....$500
BenQ HT2050 PJ .........$700
miniDSP 2x4 .................$100
UMIK ................................$100
REW ...................................$0
Reading, learning and frustration .... Can't put a number of these yet perhaps the price for enjoyment and great results..
The HT system can blast anybody's hearing, doing at the listening position over 110 dB.... anywhere from 20~20,000 Hz . The PQ was already good out of the box tweaked a bit by some fora reading, it is marginally better. ... My nitpicks : I would have wished for OLED black levels, 4K stunning picture and HDR visual impact...on the UAdio side, I find the JBL a bit "raw", for the lack of a better terms, on some part of the Audio range, I think the midbass could be better and the treble too .. else my friends, my family and I are having a blast ...
Same with headphones. I started a regular audiophile, piling up even more expensive headphones .. Denon 2000, then HiFiman 400 then Stax ESl SR-009, then Audeze LCD2 then HifiMan 560 ... Same with DACs, myTEK then Luxman DAC/Amp then one DAC I can't remember which retailed at about $5000 (acquire dit for a fraction which will not be revealed) then headphone amps including a Woo tube unit .. then Luxman unit then ... I derive most of my listening pleasure from the HifiMan HE-560 driven by am iFi iDSD thing DA/Amp ($500~600. It has batteries built-in a powerful Amp and a DAC that is capable of any rate one care to find anywhere I believe up to 384 ...) While I find the Stax to be the best headphones I have heard, I prefer listening music on the HE-560 which I bought a while back for about $900. It hovers now around $400 ... so this headphones system cost $900 and it is my favorite ... The Stax stack cost over $6000 ...
My questions:
What would be the threshold for various components? Anchoring products woudl help. For example .. The JDS Atom shows what can be gotten for $100 .. over that what is one really buying? Performance? In your mind. Looks ? That one is important to some ( to me to a certain extent).
DAC
Speakers...
Subs ...
Headphones
Cables ? My pet peeve ...
Wanting for your input people and a hearty discussion,