How many different really exotic (high-end / $50k+) home stereo systems have you heard?
(pictured: Wilson Audio speakers that can be yours for $300k+)
How many different really exotic (high-end / $50k+) home stereo systems have you heard?
(pictured: Wilson Audio speakers that can be yours for $300k+)
Genuine question. Do people not go to Hi-Fi convention? Each one of them probably have at least 10 of this setups.
Every audiophile hifi shop I’ve ever seen has at least one $50k+ system. I think that the vast majority of people in this particular crowd have never even been inside a legit audiophile shop — let alone an audiophile convention. To me, this explains why so many valid posts tend to get downvoted, and why this group in general seems not to relate well to descriptive terminology that audiophiles use.
I think instead of just reading about what people should hear and like, people need to pop their audiophile cherries and actually hear first-hand what a properly set up system is capable of, and then get advice from the shops they like best because they are all different.
These conventions are like wine or Scotch tasting sessions for audiophiles. Every serious audiophile should make it a goal to at least visit several audiophile shops.
Yeah, I can definitely notice the difference between this community and the community I’ve met at convention and shops.
Though, I would add that Hi-FI convention setups tend to not have as good of a setup as a dedicated setup on an audiophile shop. Most of Hi-Fi convention setups are limited to the room that they are given. Hence, lots of them have mediocre acoustic treatment.
Absolutely, it’s a bit of an echo chamber in here. Amps make no difference. DACs make no difference. Cables make no difference. Only speakers make a difference. Said no one who’s been around hi-fi much, but half the people in here shout it from every available rooftop.