I went to my first audio show at THE Show in Newport Beach, CA. It was a real treat and I saw and heard some unbelieveable equipment. But I must say that many of the speakers just overwhelmed the rooms, way too much bass in most cases.
I did hear some marvelous systems mostly small two way and three way speakers. A couple of rooms were playing Eva Cassidy's Greatest Hits so I bought it. I wanted to compare what I heard at THE Show to my system. You know, trying to hear where I could make improvements. Not bragging but my system sounded as good as many that I heard.
The good news is at a tenth the cost I am getting 90-95 % of what I heard. I believe that most of my systems sound is a result of the Bottlehead equipment, I have the Eros and Beepre combination. Most of my other equipment has a number of DIY modifications as recommended here and over on Audio Asylum. So, go DIY and Bottlehead in particular. One last point, I think the BeePre makes music sound like real music. On my system since I installed the BeePre the music is truly lush, well defined and just really enjoyable. Thanks Doc and everyone involved at Bottlehead.
I do have one disclaimer. I listened to the MbL Radialstruhler's and they were truly unbelieveable. However, they are $250,000 speakers coupled with $150000 of their amps and preamps. If I ever win the Lotto and can buy a house where I could set something like these up I would have to upgrade to these. This would be my ultimate dream. But then the problem would be how would I do any upgrading?
Richard
Richard Vince
VPI MkIV, Woody Tonearm w/Shelter 501 MkII Cart. w/Soundsmith rebuild, Cinemag CMQEE-3440A SUT, Eros Phono Preamp, Beepre Preamp , QuickSilver V4 Amps, DIY 89259 Speaker Cables & interconnects, VH Audio Power Cables, OPPO 205 Player, DIY 3 way speakers