It's Not the World's Best Audio System -- But "It Certainly is Great"

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Created: 01 April 2020 01 April 2020

To Doug Schneider,

The answer, of course, is “No.”

I’d love to say that it’s mine, but that would be boastfully wrong. Like “Trump wrong.”

There are several things to consider and I’m sure you know all of them:

Here’s a thought in a few parts:

Had you done this initially rather than buying your current monoblocks, you’d have saved around $14,000 and have a better-sounding system -- almost perfect.

“It hasn’t been my experience that power cords or conditioners make a significant change in the sound of a component unless there’s something wrong with that component.” Amen, brother. Personally, I don’t spend exorbitant amounts on cables, but I do want to guarantee that they aren’t adding noise to my rig. Speaker cables don’t do that, but they still need to be well made.

My choices for wiring are:

When objective, scientific tests prove the validity of more expensive cables, sure, I’ll consider them. I don’t foresee that ever happening.

So, again, no, yours isn’t the best system in the world, but, even at present, it certainly is great. I can understand why you feel no need to look any further.

All the best,
Jeff H.
United States