Fido Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 I have a system I think sounds amazing and my wife and I were listening to one of my favorite playlists on Tidal yesterday. Its 9 hours of acoustical covers I have collected over the past 4 months and it often left the hair on my arms standing straight up. I have my late fathers Forte 1s with Crites crossovers and Dave As LMAHL tweeters.A couple of years ago we had some cane grills put together to match our entertainment center. I mostly stream or listen to vinyl on my vintage Dual 1229 turntable. When listening to two channel I play through a Primaluna evo 400 using a Blueos Node2i and a denefrips dac or my turntable playing thru a Musical Fidelity MX phono stage. The Forte 1s sound fantastic on their own but turn on my large HSU subwoofer and the bottom register makes even the midrange sound WOW! Dave As LMAHL were a major upgrade to the sound of my system. Having said all that being on this Forum has made me wonder if I might prefer the Forte 3s for what so many people say is exceptional midrange they present. I mentioned them to my wife and she said she thinks our system sounds fantast. She loves our sound system as it is, as do I. The question here is when is GOOD good Enough? It seems very easy to get caught up in spending a lot of time and money trying to wring out that extra 2% of performance when in a few days of listening will still sound great but something you would just settle into as being your new norm. I am sure other have thought about this at some point in their audio journey. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 Relax and enjoy. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigStewMan Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 when you stop wondering if you should get better gear. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Smith Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 Whenever you're able to identify a point of diminishing returns against substantial cost to upgrade. It's vague and not a universal value, but you know it when you're there. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coytee Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 When you have your late fathers speakers in your hands.... you're done.... keep them, enjoy them as you are listening to what he listened to.... keep the connectioin. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerwoodKhorns Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 49 minutes ago, Fido said: The question here is when is GOOD good Enough? When you feel like spending time on other hobbies. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fido Posted August 10, 2020 Author Share Posted August 10, 2020 21 hours ago, Coytee said: When you have your late fathers speakers in your hands.... you're done.... keep them, enjoy them as you are listening to what he listened to.... keep the connectioin. Thats great advice - I took my dad to a local high end audio store and we picked out the Fortes together along with some NAD equipment. He had a home on the Beach in Laguna and when we got the stuff home and i set everything up for him he was ecstatic. When his wife came home she freaked out seeing the gear "in her beach cottage" - lol. She hated those speakers so much but he listened to them almost every day for about 20 years. I was close with my dad and loved that he enjoyed his music so much. He's been gone for almost 20 years now and of course I miss him just like he warned me I would. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgar Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 48 minutes ago, Coytee said: When you have your late fathers speakers in your hands.... you're done.... keep them, enjoy them as you are listening to what he listened to.... keep the connectioin. Wish I could. But his health had been deteriorating for such a long time that all of his speakers and other equipment fell into disrepair. I tried to salvage some of it, but ultimately gave up on a lost cause -- some of that vintage stuff just can't be repaired. Broke my heart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigStewMan Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 well, both my folks died when I was eight years old and the other adults in the family did whatever they wanted with all of their possessions. So, who knows what all Mom & Pops had. every once in a while, a relative will give me something that belonged to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coytee Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 Yeah, that's unfortunate. Edited to add: This was directed to Edgar's comment.... not yours. Hope it didn't look that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted August 11, 2020 Moderators Share Posted August 11, 2020 6 hours ago, Coytee said: When you have your late fathers speakers in your hands.... you're done.... keep them, enjoy them as you are listening to what he listened to.... keep the connectioin. That's what got me looking for better his sucked, standard console and not even a good tube one. I have plenty connections with my dad, he was a great father I could only hope to be, but not his stereo. 6 hours ago, tigerwoodKhorns said: When you feel like spending time on other hobbies. Great answer, and just what I was thinking and have done. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schu Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 Good enough... NOS Valves NBS Preamp - NOS Valves VRD Magnequest Monoblocks - Pioneer sc85 Klipsch Cornwall - Heresy II Signature - sw115 - La Scala II 70ths Wyred4Sound DAC 2v2se 10th Anniversary - Oppo UHP203 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizRotus Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 17 hours ago, oldtimer said: Relax and enjoy. Agree. Listen to and enjoy the music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdmccall Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 On 8/10/2020 at 2:09 PM, Fido said: The question here is when is GOOD good Enough? When you absolutely can't spend or borrow another dime for something better. Only then.🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJkizak Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 When you get to the point of 10 people in the world who can hear the difference between the old and the new stuff you just added it's time to quit. JJK 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richieb Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 On 8/11/2020 at 7:36 AM, DizRotus said: Agree. Listen to and enjoy the music. Until you reach this point, it’s only as good as your pocketbook allows - (see A1UC) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artto Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 For ME............. It's when I've finally heard so many, many, many systems that are immensely more expensive, and don't reproduce any more of a convincing "image" that "I am there" than what my system does. At that point, the only thing "better" is the live performance itself - sometimes - you know what I'm talkin' about 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OO1 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 3-6 Months down the road , you ''ll want to change your Forte for sure - make for more room , the top of the line is the Palladium , then the Jubilee , then the K-Horn , then the Scala , then the CW4 , then the Forte 3 - then the Forte - then the Heresy ---- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fido Posted August 23, 2020 Author Share Posted August 23, 2020 2 hours ago, RandyH000 said: 3-6 Months down the road , you ''ll want to change your Forte for sure - make for more room , the top of the line is the Palladium , then the Jubilee , then the K-Horn , then the Scala , then the CW4 , then the Forte 3 - then the Forte - then the Heresy ---- I have no clue what you are talking about??????????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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