December is my favorite time of the year, not for Christmas present but less traffic, less queue, less crowd, less of everything and most of all, the weather is nice. Anyway, I always buy Christmas present for myself, a stoking hanging on the tree is not required. This time of the year is mood lifting. No more blues. What is more exciting is I had bought my Christmas and worked on them for the past two months. It has been fascinating ever since...
2025 was a fascinating year, from the source, the amp and the speakers nothing short of a progressive complete system reconfiguration. The sound was a revelation, inching closer to my definition of real-world sound. Nothing extraordinary but it is its ordinality unordinary. Forgive me for being philosophical.
We all know that a slight rise in 2khz to 4khz on the recordings appeal to general public, a more detailed and fleshed-out sound that most would not oppose, everybody walks away happily. Hence, the sound I inspired to achieve is a sound that does not woe you on first listening. It makes me forget about hi-fi and enjoy the music. Music is the ultimate goal here. Whatever breaks the music is not worth listening, it is sonic spectacular.
I congratulate you if you are unable to discern the differences, you keep your money. Nevertheless, audio enthusiasts are going distance, even with a slight improvement, it means a lot until the day comes, you realize that you have lost interest and have spent a fortune on this passion. Picture this, after all your efforts, you received unfavorable comments, you get upset. As such, do unto others you would have them do unto you, silence is golden.
Because audio community is diversified and biased, all walk of audio enthusiasts, they develop an ideology paralysis, some are an outright snob. I say this because they are out to make you feel inferior. It is not about sound but the implicit social ranking. I flee from them. On sound and sound alone, I judge. Nothing personal.
