but not necessarily the sound suits your taste thou.

reaching him tomorrow la.

it's not all about equipments, most of the time. I've heard expensive setups and it didn't quite weigh the price. there are pretty much factors, well actually many that will contribute in making your system suit to your expectations, it also depends on what type of music you're listening to in this case.

I have encountered a few auditions where they will highlight to you that how brilliant the sound is till you are able to hear fine details so clearly, but somehow in my point of view, they are not meant to be that distinguished above the rest of the stage. Mostly all recordings are made to give a natural sound. Certain setups will colorized 'em.

In my view, perfect matching = a balanced tune, without needing an equalizer to make you love the sound of what's coming out from your system. higher end equipment will have a better upper hand, in this case.
But good placements, room environment/sitting position, tweaks and cables can make entry level sound good if done properly.

recap-
equipments, are always the key and main factors. but it doesn't mean by owning one will give you the best to suit your taste without considering other factors that will contribute to it's final result.

sound engineers who does the mastering or remastering are listening, from perhaps 3 sets of speakers to find it's nominal boost in db's for certian freq.
some cd's will sound good on setup A, but might not be the same from setup B. Where as, they might not actually be sounding either way in the first place.
have you seen special demo recordings for certain pair of speakers?

I guess u might think that by me saying natural = flat lifeless tune, what i meant was it should sound real like what an instrument should sound on different staging.
For example, like the percussionist is standing beside you on your couch while the singer is on the stage and the bass player aligned with the singer. Something should be wrong with the CD, or it's been boost to suit other systems more. Well you're going to be able to hear very clearly on the details by this way, and the bass is strong.

Equalizers are good to have when you're searching so something that suits to your liking, well pairing a perfect system might be hard. Anyway, I guess you won't know what you like best until you've heard all. Play around with the EQ and mark the tune that makes you melt, then go out trying to match the sound without EQ's.

I didn't believe in cables too, but somehow got me changed my mind.
I still believe that even entry setups can still sound good with adjustments. Well, it will never beat a better setup which also took the time to treat the room and positioning.

Opinions are always subjective, that is why there's many brands and setups to choose from. Otherwise, where's the fun of it.

Natural could be live,
Natural could be flat,
Natural could be real,
Flat could be lifeless,
Live could be ... I don't know, what's it to you. Natural?
What's bright to you then?

When a system sounded not as what you expected them to be, it is always due to the equipment?
Not all the time, It might sounded perfect during auditions, but just didn't quite made it at home.
Same equipments, it's just the room.

Anyway, Did I gave you the impression that low end system will sound the same as higher ends?
I guess even new and ignorant users would know that there will be differences. *like me*

This post has been edited by s6xs9x: May 20 2009, 08:52 PM

lookalike in deed ..

Wah you come here promote items eh .. good good .. I've seen his unit and it's 9/10

good to hear of your purchase, if you'd ask me the nsp110 just for temporary solution when you've decided on a AMP but still unsure on which speakers to go for.
The B1 is truly the best bang for bucks. I've actually though of going on with PSB with the Alpha T1/C1/B1 combo, but in the end somehow bought another set.
The Pyramid speaker I think is from Tong Lee right? If not mistaken I've had a look at those speakers before but didn't listen thou. But I'm still not a fan of tube. Most of my auditioned there came out empty handed.
Hope you enjoy your Speakers ... so when are you going to pick them up?
Why didn't you ask bro Arremie? he's selling his whole set.

I think it should name this thread A&L rather than PSB liao .... kakaka

Same case i had when I started with ht.
anyway mind me asking, are those bookshelf on stands?

1. stands makes a lot of difference.
2. positioning contributes secondly
3. cables as you can afford, but i guess the 4S11 as remy suggested would be a good start, if you can afford more I've heard some saying that the SAXT works well with the Alpha too.
4. You should probably get a better interconnect, optical for music are just thin.

PSB Synchrony One C Centre Lah I think.
Wrong camp larh u