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RE: all cheap amps = crap (the: "you get what you pay for" myth)

Posted by thump on December 30, 2017 at 14:54:35:

nope... i'll have to disagree with you there! i was quite happy with the sound quality out of my ORIGINAL $15 sonic impact amp even if it lacked oomph on 85dB missions. it was a very detailed and easygoing sound, and what got me into class D. i traded my onkyo in for a panasonic SA-XR after that, and have gravitated towards class D ever since.

i don't for a second buy the "you get what you pay for" argument regarding audio either. i'd been visiting 4 different shops on the same block back in the 80s, and wanted to buy a yamaha receiver (cheaper than "the best"... harmon kardon... and way more open on top than overrated NAD... had one a few years back... DESPISED it and upgraded to onkyo) back then, but was never really wowed by ANY speakers i heard, though up to mega $$$ klipsch and assorted towers, and was actually blown away by a former friend's $100 infinitys on a denon with a B&O table!

it was the first time i'd heard LACK of the annoying "giant marshmallow bass" i didn't yet know was one of the things tat made speakers SOUND LIKE SPEAKERS, lack of cabinet resonance, lightning fast REAL (quality over quantity) bass and the first time i heard REAL imaging! it was then and there i realized all of the $1,000+ towers were ripoffs because those CHEAP little minis stomped then in EVERY WAY except bass extension... but that's what subs are for.

class D is INHERENTLY a superior sounding tech as far as i'm concerned as i hate ANY of the tubes & ports type thickening of sound so many others love, but yeah... $50 chinese amps aren't N cores. that's a given.

ugh! i can never find a pic of those infinity minis, back when they were still a LEGIT high end (read: acoustic suspension) company that were what instantly turned me into an audiophile

i'm coming a "big $$$ gear is a ripoff" perspective because of that, & my experience with $15 sonic impact totally destroying wet blanket NAD 10x over

OK... i found them... they were infinity RS1000s... i can never fiind them as i keep calling them RC1000s, but saved a pic on my thumb drive for the next time the topic comes up. i loved those CHEAP little speakers and tried to buy my buddy's pair, at a profit even, as none of the 4 shops in town sold infinity