[SilverEars]

 

[gregorio]

I think once people experience the dimishing returns in the summit-fi area that the highest end isn't particularly a large leap, but quite incrimental, and those in that area try the darnest to get that miniscule difference or squeeze out whatever they can from a system(placebo or not), and that behavior is of an audiophile.

For me, this is my biggest gripe with the high or summit - fidelity audiophile areas. While very high end gear can produce an improvement in terms of a placebo or a euphonic effect, it often does not provide any improvement in terms of fidelity and quite often actually decreases fidelity. How then does the same or lower fidelity = higher fidelity or superlative/summit fidelity? It's a nonsense contradiction which really annoys me!

G

 

[FastAndClean]

Equalizers work wonders. You can make midrange headphones sound like high end ones.

agree, I made my modded he350 to sound like a high end headphone

 

[bigshot]

Liberace would drive on stage in a glittering gold Rolls Royce. Under the hood was a Volkswagen engine. The car was a shell that he bought scrap and decorated in mirror tiles and gold spray paint. That's what high end seems like to me.

 

[Prog Rock Man]

Some days my setup sounds better than on others. The only cause for that must be me. My mood, how much I am concentrating on the music, if I am in the groove.

The only thing that has changed over the past few years is the laptop I use, Dell to Sony to Toshiba. Thankfully, my DAC, amp and headphones have been very reliable. According to Spotify, last year I listened to 61,332 minutes of music, or just over 6 weeks. So my kit is well used.

 

[BobG55]

Liberace would drive on stage in a glittering gold Rolls Royce. Under the hood was a Volkswagen engine. The car was a shell that he bought scrap and decorated in mirror tiles and gold spray paint. That's what high end seems like to me.

and the Rolls was driven by his brother George ...

 

[bigshot]

Actually it was his lover Scott Thorson.