New Human

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jazzebration

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New Human
« on: 13 Jul 2017, 02:49 am »
Hey everyone, new male human here. Long time head-fi user and headphone addict making the jump over to speaker systems. Apparently I've been converted. Looking forward to the countless hours in "the circle."

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Re: New Human
« Reply #1 on: 13 Jul 2017, 03:34 am »
Welcome to AudioCircle, jazzebration.  :beer:

Russell Dawkins

Re: New Human
« Reply #2 on: 13 Jul 2017, 05:59 am »
Welcome. We could use a few humans.

Phil A

Re: New Human
« Reply #3 on: 13 Jul 2017, 12:40 pm »
Welcome!

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Re: New Human
« Reply #4 on: 13 Jul 2017, 01:31 pm »
Greetings & Welcome to AC jazzebration   :thumb:

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Re: New Human
« Reply #5 on: 13 Jul 2017, 01:55 pm »
Welcome. 

I did headphones in college (made a world of sense on a budget and living in the dorms).  Moving to speakers adds many more variables.  Note that most over invest for the given space (too much money spent, too big/bass heavy speakers, little privacy/control of sound transmission in or out, space too small and poorly shaped/furnished).  You'll have to get acclimated to in-room presentation (the way that 99.9% of recordings were intended to be heard) versus headphone use.  Type of speakers (dynamic, dipole, line array, subwoofers, etc.) and appropriate amplification (tube, solid state, SET, class D, etc.) must be chosen. 

Budget can be the biggest challenge as you should figure on dropping roughly 100 times (yes 100-fold) the money to get equal sound quality compared to headphones.  Example: Grado SR60e ($80) versus full range speakers plus amp such as Von Schweikwert Audio VR-33 ($3750) plus Bryston 2.5B3 stereo power amp ($3695) plus speaker cables.  Another example: HiFiMan HE-1000 ($3000) versus Von Schweikwert Ultra 11 ($295,000) plus a pair of Bryston 7B3 mono-blocks ($11,990) plus speaker cables.  And of course it'd be a shame to put those wonderful speakers in a small/squarish/uninsulated spare bedroom. 

richidoo

Re: New Human
« Reply #6 on: 13 Jul 2017, 03:52 pm »
Welcome. We could use a few humans.
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Welcome Jazzebration! Come on in, the water's fine!

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Re: New Human
« Reply #7 on: 13 Jul 2017, 05:27 pm »
Wait a minute. What proof have you got that you are both male and human? Hmm?

 :lol: :P :icon_lol: :D

Welcome to AC.

Michael

JakeJ

Re: New Human
« Reply #8 on: 13 Jul 2017, 07:45 pm »
Darn!  I was hoping for a new robot! :jester:

But really, welcome to AC.  We do have a headphone circle that some of your expertise might be needed in.