@NoneYaBiz200

1 week ago

I came from spending a fair bit of money on speakers, amps, dacs, cables, software (roon, tidal, qobuz) etc but due to personal circumstances I am now left with nothing I managed to accumulate over the years, luckily I was able to sell most of it and make some of my money back. Now with not much left and not much resources, the audio itch has struck again and I was forced to rig something basic up to listen to music again. So, I raided my old place where I grew up, found an old pair of Sony Explod 6x9 car speakers, i said to myself “that will have to do for now”. No hi res, no fancy cables, no high end DACs, no expensive speakers this time but just a very basic bluetooth chinese amp bought for about $10 and a pair of old sony car speakers with cheap copper cables and it’s sounding pretty damn good. Maybe after all this is a blessing in disguise. It’s not the best sound but for what is, it definitely mind blowingly good. Sometimes I think to myself “why did I spend all this money, time and energy chasing the perfect sound?” Perfect sound doesn’t exist, there is no right or wrong with sound, there is no baseline for the perfect sound. Whatever makes you happy and sits in your budget can become your reference. And i will dare say that this basic setup sounds better in some ways than my expensive setup. It has good dynamics, i cant fault the tone (speakers being a 3 way coaxial type with a paper mid range), there is ample bass and it sounds big. Just pushing it with a measly little Chinese class d amp (xinyi xy c50l), streaming lossy YouTube via lossy bluetooth and powered by a basic 12v wall wart, in surprised by the sound that comes out of it. And thanks to channels like these, I can enjoy quality sound on my cheap humble little setup. I’m ready to DIY a cabinet for the 6x9 speakers, i Iike the sound that much!

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