How competitive are you with your system?

@toddalin Agree. Tweaking and experimenting with what you have around to improve sound is a fun part of the hobby. I like building systems and I usually start with an idea in my head and then challenge myself to make it happen. The new systems concepts usually involve doing things smarter, against the grain, and counter the mainstream high end audio culture. When I started in this hobby in the 1980’s the audio scene was more like the DIY Audio Community and I find it hard to relate to what it has become, so many clueless participants with more money than brains who think they can achieve great sound by just paying for it. These days I feel more at home at DIYAudio and with custom built one-off and one-of a-kind components and systems than commercial offerings. I better stop ranting.

@mihorn   Sorry, but I do not hear depth or really image precision on your videos. Probably caused by the playback through my desktop system.

@mihorn 

I made an attempt to get the video on here. I hope it came through 

Live music ∞, my system 0

The problem with piano recordings is that many are too wide to be realistic.  I don’t know of any pianos that are 8 feet and wider.

But it is good for checking intonation and clarity.

https://youtu.be/_kyQEa-QUd8