Also for dac pcm2904 is my new fave

Can you actually tell the difference past a certain point

with diminishing returns and all that

certain point of what

With loudspeakers yeah

price

what component are you talking about

Louder without distortion

yeah loudspeakers

oh just everything

yeah defo

hell you can even tell with good headphones, i was turning the orpheus up to like 110dB for moments and shit was still super clean

im not sure how but it was insane

god damn, how do your ears handle that

i'm not blacc and uaually i play things at a reasonable volume

hehe

i mean, im exxaggerating lol

i obviously didnt have a spl meter on me

but it was way past normal listening level

so like, any tips on thrift shopping old bookshelf speakers and shit?

honestly its a massive gamble

Look at the terminal for the wire

buy something that looks reasonable and buy an imm6 and EQ the shit outta em

You want binding posts not the little clips

That's a good rule of thumb for mystery speakers

Not always gonna mean they're good but the extra money spent there is a good sign

the old lepai 2020A+ amps are pretty decent if you can pick one up cheap

would pair well for some thrift speakers

damn, this audio shit is a rabbit hole innit

yeah

headphones are cheap even for TOTL shit

4k Utopia and 6k Susvara are fucking pennies compared to speaker shit

hell even if you wanna go big bux and get a 007mk2 with some mad tubes or an orpheus youre still on the lighter end of speaker systems

honestly the best way to stay out of it is just live in an apartment and use some decent cheap IEMs

yeah, i was just looking for a fun project

my IEM endgame is only gonna be about 750AUD lol

not really down to drop money on autism grade audio

if youve got woodworking tools you can get into DIY speakers for really cheap

im probably gonna build a diy passive JBL M2

so essentially the 4367

the fuck? theres more beef with wild Lee? about cables or something?