For the most part i wondered about "true" hi-end audiophiles i.e. the post $2k speakers, the "high grade" copper interconnects and all of that paraphernalia that seemed to be all to expensive to justify.
Then a friend's father gave me (don't ask why) his apogee calipers (http://www.apogeespeakers.totalserve.co.uk/calipe r.htm) - he couldn't use them anymore.
The speakers were damaged, the bass one one side was broken and the mid-high range ribbons were loose. I hooked them up to my mother's sony amplifier with standard telephone'esque cables. (i.e. about 3/4mm thick)
The high end on those speakers blew me away. The difference between those and any other speaker's i've heard since is incredible. You can hear things in the upper range that you didn't even know was there.
An earlier comment about "software to run on these systems" is very true - good speakers allow you to hear everything, so a poor recording is much more noticable.
A hi-fi store owner here told me something that was very pertinent. get a system, that allows you to listen to what you want to listen to and be happy with it. no more.
Still and all. i think the expensive (>$3/meter) interconnects aren't all that neccesary, and spending about 10k per speaker (or even on 2) seems quite outrageous.
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For the most part i wondered about "true" hi-end audiophiles i.e. the post $2k speakers, the "high grade" copper interconnects and all of that paraphernalia that seemed to be all to expensive to justify.
e r.htm) - he couldn't use them anymore.
Then a friend's father gave me (don't ask why) his apogee calipers (http://www.apogeespeakers.totalserve.co.uk/calip
The speakers were damaged, the bass one one side was broken and the mid-high range ribbons were loose. I hooked them up to my mother's sony amplifier with standard telephone'esque cables. (i.e. about 3/4mm thick)
The high end on those speakers blew me away. The difference between those and any other speaker's i've heard since is incredible. You can hear things in the upper range that you didn't even know was there.
An earlier comment about "software to run on these systems" is very true - good speakers allow you to hear everything, so a poor recording is much more noticable.
A hi-fi store owner here told me something that was very pertinent. get a system, that allows you to listen to what you want to listen to and be happy with it. no more.
Still and all. i think the expensive (>$3/meter) interconnects aren't all that neccesary, and spending about 10k per speaker (or even on 2) seems quite outrageous.