Before I start this, let me say that i like you a lot.
But shit, not all of us can afford $6000 speakers, a $1200 amp, and a $800 reciever!
Dude, telling someone who has $300 worth of VERY GOOD equipment to trade up to $10,000 worth of HOLY SHIT equipment is illogical.
Especially when they make GOOD decisions on balancing their budget, with Paradigm Atom Speakers, a fairly decent middle-end consumer Pioneer reciever, and a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz sound card, to enjoy their $300 they've invested over the years.
FYI, I ran these speakers out of a Technics reciever from '84 that had an ANALOG TUNER and THREE INPUTS, and my father AND his audiophile friends were still amazed.
Verbatim:
Holy shit! Those things are running off of nothing!
Sorry, I don't spend $8000 on Amazon cables.
TEH STORY:
It was a cold, dark afternoon. AudioVisions front sign glowed in front of Descent.
"Shiiiit! I can't wait to pick up my Rotel *Smiles*"
He walks into the store, to find somebody named Dan.
"So Dan, what'll it be?"
"Okay. I just won all this money on The Interwebnetsuperinformationcountrydriveway, and I'm gonna go on a spree."
"WOW! That's a $8000 Rotel preamp! Sold!"
"HOLY SHIT! LOL OMG! $10,000 Theils! SOLD!"
"WHOA! A $1350 Denon SACD/DVD/CD/Porno box thing! Sold!"
"LOL. Turntable. $5000. Sold!"
"WHOA! I'm a kid in a candy store! Are those $800 Grado headphones?"
"I'll take it all! Oh, and $150,000 worth of Amazon speaker cable!"
"Holy shit, Dan!"
"Call me Diesel!"
At this point, our hero walks in, and picks up his "lowly" $600 Rotel.
"James! Nice pick, man! You'll love that thing, it's great!" The owner replied.
"Thanks! I did my homework."
"YOU ALL SUCK! MY TURNTABLE IS SUSPENDED IN WATER!!11one! WITH A PUMP!"
"Jesus, Dan. You said my $900 setup sucks, so let's have a face off!"
"The owners shall decide."
The next day, equipment is lugged in from all-around!
"Okay! Mine is hooked up! Toshiba DVD/CD player, Rotel reciever, some $30 speaker cables, and last, but not least, two Paradigm Atoms!"
"LOL! My setup..."
One half hour later...
"Okay! *PANT* *PANT* *PANT* As a control, let's play this digital recording of Beethoven's 2nd Symphony."
"Okay. It's on!"
Descent's tiny, but powerful setup rocks the "high-end" room, which of course has no windows.
"Nice, James! Okay Dan, you go!"
"Just one second..."
Two hours, and one graphic EQ later...
"Ready!"
Wow. Diesel's setup sounds superior, but only by a mere 300%.
But that 300% came with a $150,000 price tag.
So, who's the better consumer? Listen, Diesel, being an audiophile is easy. Being a OCDAudioPhile is hard. You're the latter.
My setup sounds great, and it's been confirmed. We can't all afford tube amps and shit, that's just elitist.
But shit, not all of us can afford $6000 speakers, a $1200 amp, and a $800 reciever!
Dude, telling someone who has $300 worth of VERY GOOD equipment to trade up to $10,000 worth of HOLY SHIT equipment is illogical.
Especially when they make GOOD decisions on balancing their budget, with Paradigm Atom Speakers, a fairly decent middle-end consumer Pioneer reciever, and a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz sound card, to enjoy their $300 they've invested over the years.
FYI, I ran these speakers out of a Technics reciever from '84 that had an ANALOG TUNER and THREE INPUTS, and my father AND his audiophile friends were still amazed.
Verbatim:
Holy shit! Those things are running off of nothing!
Sorry, I don't spend $8000 on Amazon cables.
TEH STORY:
It was a cold, dark afternoon. AudioVisions front sign glowed in front of Descent.
"Shiiiit! I can't wait to pick up my Rotel *Smiles*"
He walks into the store, to find somebody named Dan.
"So Dan, what'll it be?"
"Okay. I just won all this money on The Interwebnetsuperinformationcountrydriveway, and I'm gonna go on a spree."
"WOW! That's a $8000 Rotel preamp! Sold!"
"HOLY SHIT! LOL OMG! $10,000 Theils! SOLD!"
"WHOA! A $1350 Denon SACD/DVD/CD/Porno box thing! Sold!"
"LOL. Turntable. $5000. Sold!"
"WHOA! I'm a kid in a candy store! Are those $800 Grado headphones?"
"I'll take it all! Oh, and $150,000 worth of Amazon speaker cable!"
"Holy shit, Dan!"
"Call me Diesel!"
At this point, our hero walks in, and picks up his "lowly" $600 Rotel.
"James! Nice pick, man! You'll love that thing, it's great!" The owner replied.
"Thanks! I did my homework."
"YOU ALL SUCK! MY TURNTABLE IS SUSPENDED IN WATER!!11one! WITH A PUMP!"
"Jesus, Dan. You said my $900 setup sucks, so let's have a face off!"
"The owners shall decide."
The next day, equipment is lugged in from all-around!
"Okay! Mine is hooked up! Toshiba DVD/CD player, Rotel reciever, some $30 speaker cables, and last, but not least, two Paradigm Atoms!"
"LOL! My setup..."
One half hour later...
"Okay! *PANT* *PANT* *PANT* As a control, let's play this digital recording of Beethoven's 2nd Symphony."
"Okay. It's on!"
Descent's tiny, but powerful setup rocks the "high-end" room, which of course has no windows.
"Nice, James! Okay Dan, you go!"
"Just one second..."
Two hours, and one graphic EQ later...
"Ready!"
Wow. Diesel's setup sounds superior, but only by a mere 300%.
But that 300% came with a $150,000 price tag.
So, who's the better consumer? Listen, Diesel, being an audiophile is easy. Being a OCDAudioPhile is hard. You're the latter.
My setup sounds great, and it's been confirmed. We can't all afford tube amps and shit, that's just elitist.
