Visit to Marc C.'s (SpiritOfMusic's) House in England
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That, and the opening of the Pubs in the UK would explain your recent WBF hiatus ! 
Gavin, I remain perplexed about the whole nexus of expectation bias/measurable physics/unexpected outcomes/system synergy/unintended consequences/personal prejudices.
How could I love Entreq to start.
Then find in a different locale it apparently not be an advantage anymore.
Then reintroduce it differently. And it begin to make sense again.
There are some days I wish I'd just bought Micro Seiki/3012R/VDH/Lamms/Vitavox, and be done with tweaks Lol.
How could I love Entreq to start.
Then find in a different locale it apparently not be an advantage anymore.
Then reintroduce it differently. And it begin to make sense again.
There are some days I wish I'd just bought Micro Seiki/3012R/VDH/Lamms/Vitavox, and be done with tweaks Lol.
In any system aren't tweaks purely optional?
Going tweak-free might be healthier for our sanity. (It certainly is healthier for our bank accounts.)
Pubs mean a hiatus from EVERYTHING. Except drinking Lol.That, and the opening of the Pubs in the UK would explain your recent WBF hiatus !
The whole point for many of specialist hobbies/high worth pursuits/men with toys, is to get involved as much on options as on the core project. Options can make the core even more meaningful.
For me, options have proved their worth in my own pursuit of a wholly musical and immersive result.
Or go with your dream system, complemented by extensive tweakery.
In the car tuning circles i frequent there is a long standing mantra: if you're going to tune a car, start with one that was already fast.
Otherwise you are spending time and money to achieve a result that would be available for less, simply by buying a more performance oriented example to begin with
Only problem is, and sticking with my car analogy, a fully optioned bmw might take you well into porsche territory.
Sure Gavin. Right now I fancy an, ooh, CS Port/Dava/Extreme/Eera/Emia/bespoke horns system...can you help me? I promise to apply your theory once that's set up. If this little bundle of joy is not enhanced by further optimisation, I'll be very content.
But you ARE aware, that you can also drink at home, right?
And mostly even better stuff at home anyways
Sure...I've been to Audiophile Bill's house. Specialist Belgian beer on tap. I'm sure that enhanced my expectation bias for his horns.
I'm actually not the biggest fan of drinking at home, although it's pretty therapeutic to drink outside next to our creek, and I'm compelled to support our fantastic local pubs...the hospitality industry has been shelled out by lockdowns.
I'm actually not the biggest fan of drinking at home, although it's pretty therapeutic to drink outside next to our creek, and I'm compelled to support our fantastic local pubs...the hospitality industry has been shelled out by lockdowns.
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Maaate...drinking Hoegaarden at home while listening to my system and smoking ganja is one of the finer things in (my) life.
I would think your place is big enough that you don't end up bouncing off the walls?
I would think your place is big enough that you don't end up bouncing off the walls?
That is great! Any tweak that enhances your emotional connection to the music is a good tweak!
I spent an entire weekend salivating over that castle -- thinking about converting one of the big rooms into a listening room, and the railway tunnel into a target range, and imagining walking around my own private forest.
Then I researched the details of renovating a Class 1 historic property, and I discovered that y'all in England have three (3) official different types of "damp." Then I imagined being shivering and cold and clammy in my listening room -- and the most important tweak for the stereo being a space heater.
The combination of Covid austerity, the chapel being the ultimate insatiable woman, and my sound having so morphed into one I could only daydream of in London, means by definition all big ticket purchases are behind me.
A move to horns is more than just buying horns, at the exalted levels of sound I'm aware of via the horns I love unreservedly, there also result much greater demands for super silent tubes and top notch analog front end (digital too, for those who insist). And practically I would struggle to replace my gear w those horns PLUS new amps and tt front end.
For me this is a purely sober analysis...there's no surprise Peter has effectively replaced his whole system to get the full benefit and transformative experience of going in such a radical new direction.
That option is not open to me, and I won't compromise going half in/out.
