Are Bose speakers any good?
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hifi is to the ears what photography is to the eyes.
seperates are SLR - body + lens combinations.
shop and buy like you are getting an SLR system - trust only your own judgement and preference which means go and listen wherever you can - friends, shops etc... you only need to appreciate the music.
tube vs transistor is like film vs digital - romance vs sharpness etc... plenty of room to love or hate depends deeply on preference, and an endless debate of which is better
if you are not sure, you can also get used and work your way up from there if you can bother. system matching is CRITICAL.
otherwise, like some camera buyers just go to the shop and buy if you are comfortable, be content and stick with it.
just beware that in photography and hifi, the upgrade path is extremely tantalizing - you may just discover a part of yourself you never knew existed.
seperates are SLR - body + lens combinations.
shop and buy like you are getting an SLR system - trust only your own judgement and preference which means go and listen wherever you can - friends, shops etc... you only need to appreciate the music.
tube vs transistor is like film vs digital - romance vs sharpness etc... plenty of room to love or hate depends deeply on preference, and an endless debate of which is better
if you are not sure, you can also get used and work your way up from there if you can bother. system matching is CRITICAL.
otherwise, like some camera buyers just go to the shop and buy if you are comfortable, be content and stick with it.
just beware that in photography and hifi, the upgrade path is extremely tantalizing - you may just discover a part of yourself you never knew existed.
just wondering how come noone mentioned about room acoustics? It is very impt too. A good system constitutes only half the story, the room you are placing the system will affect sound quality.
I've heard a friend's 20K system in a living room with no acoustics treatment, open windows, wrong speaker placement, etc (the list goes on) sounds worse than my 2K system. IMO, do read up a bit on room acoustics, speaker placement, etc, it's going to do wonder for your system (whichever you are getting).
I've heard a friend's 20K system in a living room with no acoustics treatment, open windows, wrong speaker placement, etc (the list goes on) sounds worse than my 2K system. IMO, do read up a bit on room acoustics, speaker placement, etc, it's going to do wonder for your system (whichever you are getting).
Xing said:
Very true also ... most of us don't invest in room acoustics (close windows close door then play)
... but that is a really expensive route to take .. sometimes unnecessary. The main story is usually with the cables and component matching. Get this wrong and no room treatment is going to help you either.
No la, just some simple treatments or tweaks will create wonders for the overall sound.
Eg.
1) speaker stands for bookshelves, proper speaker placement, toe-in, not on shelves, not too close to the back wall.
2) a simple rug in front of the system, invest in full length curtains behind speakers, to make the room less live (absorb some of the high frequencies)
3) some furnitures (sofa, bookshelves,etc) in the room to enhance sound reflection, also to breakup the square shape of most rooms.
No need to spend $$$ on acoustics tuning tubes, etc...
Eg.
1) speaker stands for bookshelves, proper speaker placement, toe-in, not on shelves, not too close to the back wall.
2) a simple rug in front of the system, invest in full length curtains behind speakers, to make the room less live (absorb some of the high frequencies)
3) some furnitures (sofa, bookshelves,etc) in the room to enhance sound reflection, also to breakup the square shape of most rooms.
No need to spend $$$ on acoustics tuning tubes, etc...
Hey dude,
no problem.... try to get used cables too.... value for money! :thumbsup:
always check the echoloft sales, it will have good deals on and off.........
playing with cables, interconnects, power cord could be potential expensive, heartache, headache......
heh........
no problem.... try to get used cables too.... value for money! :thumbsup:
always check the echoloft sales, it will have good deals on and off.........
playing with cables, interconnects, power cord could be potential expensive, heartache, headache......
heh........
laugh said:Yes! Me me! hahaha. Good Price too! real bargain to the core and I thank you for it!
Now for cables....hahaha.
recommendations?
laugh said:Yes! Me me! hahaha. Good Price too! real bargain to the core and I thank you for it!
Now for cables....hahaha.
recommendations?
Congrats man ... did you ask whether you can test the set first?
You might wanna check the volume control and the rest of the selector switches whether they're working fine.
Cables wise ... its a taste thing... suggest you do some reading up online:
Cable talk
Kimbercable
QED
Monster Interconnects
Belden
... a few that comes to mind at the moment. :think:
plinius said:
:nono: :nono: :nono:
Later i psycho him onto the pre / power bandwangon .. that'll be the end ... already as it is .. i'm contemplating whether to get an audiolab preamp .. but condition kinda bad.
My dream is to replace my current AMC with an EMC-1 ... :lovegrin:
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