eightiesHiFiguy
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What horrific images are these? Expensive HiFi stereos advertised as such - with a complete lack of understanding about what makes an audiophile and audiophile.
Horrible speaker placement...are you kidding me...look at that speaker placement:
speakers against the wall,
not even spaced out at minimum required distances,
artifacts/things between the speakers,
things between the people and the speakers,
Listening position? what listening position.?.. this is insanity ... sitting off to the side as if you want to hear mono.. I mean this is utter displeasure.
Room acoustics - did that even exist?
This is a tragedy, people purchasing HiFi systems not set up according to room acoustics, sitting positions, speaker placements... It seems people back then were happy to have a hifi system and enjoyed the daylights and nightlights out of their systems with knowledge and equipment that was void compared to the understanding and quality of even mid hifi of today that we take for granted, continually chasing what the marketing conditioning tells us.
I took a step back and looked at my Humble CD60(Marantz) with gold plated shielded interconnects attached to my humble 2.0 Integrated amp putting out a pathetic RMS 140 @ 8ohms and 180 @ 4ohms , 4 way towers 40-40khz +/- 3db form 2007, for my 1800 cubic square foot room where which I do not go above 75db average listening in my apartment. If I wanted to rock the apartment next to me, above me and beneath me, my system would not break a sweet.....BUT..but..but, go into any hifi store and I will be told my 1.500.00 speakers form 2007 are no good. My pathetic amp with no UV meters just does not cut it, and how dare I be so ignorant to listen and learn basic audio engineering concepts and dare to ask audio engineers and electrical engineers questions about the extent of maximum human hearing capabilities pertaining to Playback - Not mixing or recording( yes higher rates are used for a reason but not for playback), so shame on me for sticking to a red book playback CD player instead of scad.
So I put some tunes in and enjoyed the music without analyzing if the bit of echo/reverberation should not be there... you all get the drift.
Seems music was enjoyed more back then.
In conclusion I realized my equipment is more than good, its great, along with my proper speaker placement and listening postiion where I have a very clear centre image and very satisfying soundstage and enough resolution of the speakers where I enjoy what I am listening too.
I always wanted a nice telescope and a dirt bike... I got my scope and looking for a nice new dirt bike because I realized upgrading amp/dac/speakers/and acoustic treatment other than two quadratic diffuser up front, would not give me better sound for the money required. Instead that the money was used to enjoy other hobbies..heck I even have the two most world famous headphones and headphone amp/dac HD600/HD650 and JDS labs headphone amp/dac and digital music on devices. This stuff would have been outrageously coveted in the 70's/80's.
Enjoy your gear. Have a great day.
Horrible speaker placement...are you kidding me...look at that speaker placement:
speakers against the wall,
not even spaced out at minimum required distances,
artifacts/things between the speakers,
things between the people and the speakers,
Listening position? what listening position.?.. this is insanity ... sitting off to the side as if you want to hear mono.. I mean this is utter displeasure.
Room acoustics - did that even exist?
This is a tragedy, people purchasing HiFi systems not set up according to room acoustics, sitting positions, speaker placements... It seems people back then were happy to have a hifi system and enjoyed the daylights and nightlights out of their systems with knowledge and equipment that was void compared to the understanding and quality of even mid hifi of today that we take for granted, continually chasing what the marketing conditioning tells us.
I took a step back and looked at my Humble CD60(Marantz) with gold plated shielded interconnects attached to my humble 2.0 Integrated amp putting out a pathetic RMS 140 @ 8ohms and 180 @ 4ohms , 4 way towers 40-40khz +/- 3db form 2007, for my 1800 cubic square foot room where which I do not go above 75db average listening in my apartment. If I wanted to rock the apartment next to me, above me and beneath me, my system would not break a sweet.....BUT..but..but, go into any hifi store and I will be told my 1.500.00 speakers form 2007 are no good. My pathetic amp with no UV meters just does not cut it, and how dare I be so ignorant to listen and learn basic audio engineering concepts and dare to ask audio engineers and electrical engineers questions about the extent of maximum human hearing capabilities pertaining to Playback - Not mixing or recording( yes higher rates are used for a reason but not for playback), so shame on me for sticking to a red book playback CD player instead of scad.
So I put some tunes in and enjoyed the music without analyzing if the bit of echo/reverberation should not be there... you all get the drift.
Seems music was enjoyed more back then.
In conclusion I realized my equipment is more than good, its great, along with my proper speaker placement and listening postiion where I have a very clear centre image and very satisfying soundstage and enough resolution of the speakers where I enjoy what I am listening too.
I always wanted a nice telescope and a dirt bike... I got my scope and looking for a nice new dirt bike because I realized upgrading amp/dac/speakers/and acoustic treatment other than two quadratic diffuser up front, would not give me better sound for the money required. Instead that the money was used to enjoy other hobbies..heck I even have the two most world famous headphones and headphone amp/dac HD600/HD650 and JDS labs headphone amp/dac and digital music on devices. This stuff would have been outrageously coveted in the 70's/80's.
Enjoy your gear. Have a great day.
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