Hey,Cam. Your ears may not suck,but you may be deaf, huh? -- Ok. mom never taught me how to be nice (she tried tho.)---What your condition is is what one might call beginner's ears. /or untrained ears.-- The more you become familar with equipment--- This means owning and or listening to better and better over a period of time-- you will discern more and more with time. You could go out and buy a 40k system.-- You would ,after time with it,be able to discern it from another 40k system.
Next Level Budget Upgrade
Hi--
Just discovered this great forum.
Over the past 1.5 years I've put together a low-end system that I'm very pleased with.
This is the PC side:
Media Jukebox PLUS 8.0.399
Install Path: C:\Program Files\J River\Media Jukebox\
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 1709 MHz MMX
Memory: Total - 785 MB, Free - 526 MB
OS: Microsoft Windows XP Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)
Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106
ComCtl32.dll: 6.00.2800.1106
Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1106
Shell32.dll: 6.00.2800.1145
wnaspi32.dll: Internal ASPI Layer
I output through a SB Audigy to a Harman Kardon 3370 stereo receiver. That drives a pair of Paradigm Atom bookshelf speakers in a typical New York studio apartment--maybe 300 square feet.
I listen mostly to jazz and blues--some classical--all reasonably encoded mp3's, ogg's or ape's.
I'm considering the following upgrades and wrestling with the question of how I get the biggest bang for the buck in terms of listening quality:
1. Replacing the HK solid state receiver with a nOrh SE 9 integrated tube amplifier? Or alternative?
2. Replacing the SB Audigy with a Stereo Link 1200 USB device? Or alternative?
3. Replacing the Paradigm Atoms with the best speakers I can find for $300-400?
Of course I'd love to do it all. But finances demand I take it in small bites/bytes.
I would really appreciate opinions/recommendations.
BTW I am amazed at the quality of the sound I'm getting out of gear and sources that a lot of people would hold their nose at.
I've recently listened to some very high end stuff and was shocked to come home and find that my little rig didn't sound all that bad.
Maybe my ears suck?
Listening to: 'Broadway' by 'Scott Hamilton-Jimmy Bruno' on Media Jukebox
Just discovered this great forum.
Over the past 1.5 years I've put together a low-end system that I'm very pleased with.
This is the PC side:
Media Jukebox PLUS 8.0.399
Install Path: C:\Program Files\J River\Media Jukebox\
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 1709 MHz MMX
Memory: Total - 785 MB, Free - 526 MB
OS: Microsoft Windows XP Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)
Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106
ComCtl32.dll: 6.00.2800.1106
Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1106
Shell32.dll: 6.00.2800.1145
wnaspi32.dll: Internal ASPI Layer
I output through a SB Audigy to a Harman Kardon 3370 stereo receiver. That drives a pair of Paradigm Atom bookshelf speakers in a typical New York studio apartment--maybe 300 square feet.
I listen mostly to jazz and blues--some classical--all reasonably encoded mp3's, ogg's or ape's.
I'm considering the following upgrades and wrestling with the question of how I get the biggest bang for the buck in terms of listening quality:
1. Replacing the HK solid state receiver with a nOrh SE 9 integrated tube amplifier? Or alternative?
2. Replacing the SB Audigy with a Stereo Link 1200 USB device? Or alternative?
3. Replacing the Paradigm Atoms with the best speakers I can find for $300-400?
Of course I'd love to do it all. But finances demand I take it in small bites/bytes.
I would really appreciate opinions/recommendations.
BTW I am amazed at the quality of the sound I'm getting out of gear and sources that a lot of people would hold their nose at.
I've recently listened to some very high end stuff and was shocked to come home and find that my little rig didn't sound all that bad.
Maybe my ears suck?
Listening to: 'Broadway' by 'Scott Hamilton-Jimmy Bruno' on Media Jukebox