1-Where did you hear the best ...


"Theory is when you know everything but nothing works. Practice is when everything works but no one knows why. In our lab, theory and practice are combined: nothing works and no one knows why."


1-Where did you hear the very best sound(s) system(s)?  

 i- In a show  ii- In a store  iii- In a private place               Please elaborate.


2-Where do you believe we can mostly find the best sound systems between the three aforementioned places?

i- In shows
( maybe because they can take the time to put together cost no object components synergistically ... )

ii- In stores
( maybe because they have the expertise and time to build excellent systems and have plenty of time to implement it in a decent acoustic environment ... )

iii-In private places
( maybe because some people are wealthy enough, competent enough, passionate enough and have time enough ...  And, of course, being wealthy, competent and passionate means they do benefit of an excellent dedicated room ... )


3- Do you think that most of the very serious audiophiles are doing better than the stores where they bought their equipment ? ( I know, most of the time we ended up buying our components from various places but, let's compare our systems with comparable ( pricewise ) offerings we can find in stores ... )

Do you think you are personally doing better than stores?


In theory, we might have an idea of the answer of question number 2, while question number 1 refers to practice ... Question number 3 being in fact a logical consequence of the two previous ones ...


4- Which best sound system would you like to hear? 



Gentlemen, you start first!

All right, quickly

1- ii & iii
2-iii
3-no
4- I'm still thinking !!!


It is my first thread which I am starting, please don't be too rude with me!
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mgattmch,

you meant the Apogee Full Range?


Without any doubt magnificent speakers ...
effer,

Yes, they probably were the Apogee full range. I just know they looked big, beautiful  and sounded magnificent.
Visited a friend years ago, he has a modified old Jadis amped-system and wanted me to make up some speakers for him. Brought mine as a referense+my heavily modified Electrocompaniet AW DMB-250. (moore a DMB450 now)
He also had a Oracle Delphi (MkIII?) turntable with a "direct from Japan" expensive Koetsu on it. A big open livingroom where walls where removed, thick wooden floors stiffed up by some railway tracks. (Yeah, really)

Well, when we combined his Oracle Delphi/Jadis JD80MC with my modified Electrocompaniet & 4-way (1.order asymetric/no absorbers, heavy solid core from wall to drivers) speakers we were in audioheaven. What a soundstage, totally open and with full lifelike dynamics. (my speakers/system makes folks start talking about "linear dynamics", no track of compression anywhere)

His homemade current wine from his cold cellar didn`t hold us back either. we played through some really good sounding LP`s and ended up with some opera-pieces.
This combo sounded breathtaking perfect in his room, wonder if I will ever get my system to reach that level again.
Great for you ebm.


Are we worthy enough to know what is your system and more about your listening room?