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Originally Posted by RaceTripper /t/686371/dynaudio-owners-thread/17430#post_22531935
Maybe I missed it, but why are you selling them CD? You haven't had them that long.
Guys...it was, and still is, a tough conclusion to come to; contemplating giving up the C1 Sigs, in the name of “down-sizing”.
There are a number of reasons for the move: I’m thinking of taking another run at v2 of my Home Theater. I’ve said it before…and with all due respect to those who disagree and do it (it’s fine for them), I think C1s are too damn good for HT! Also, I’m starting to think that the big-sounding C1s…driven by the big McCormack DNA-225, are just too…well…big, for my diminutive bedroom turned listening room.
But you put those reasons together, and they represent maybe 5% of the impetus for the move. The overwhelming factor, is I feel like I’ve undergone a bit of a sea change lately, in my feelings toward the hobby. We talk all the time, about “law of diminishing returns” in audio…as it relates to
gear. I’m a big believer, that…for example…if you spend $5k on speakers, maybe they
are twice as good as $2500 speakers. But you spend $10k on speakers, and they're maybe 30% better than the $5k ones. You spend $20k, and maybe they're only say 10% "better", etc...and on it goes; until some people spend quite a bit of money to get that last little
nth, that last maybe 2% (but, of course I’m not saying…they’re “better”
just because they’re more expensive). However, the same cannot be said…as I’ve recently discovered…when it comes to my enjoyment of music. With the little Office system I’ve recently put together; if we call that, IDK...$3k retail, against my Main rig at say $15k. I don't enjoy music 5 times more on the Main rig; I don't enjoy it $12k more. In fact, in some ways...and I’ve talked about this before… the BIG rig "gets in the way", to a certain extent. I can't help but listen to the gear.
It's
my flaw. I’ve called this past 5-6 years; the time where I’ve spent lots, and traded gear...and tried to hear it all. Where I auditioned, shot-out; I endlessly posted, and blogged, lol. I called it "my time on the edge". Maybe that's just passed for me; or passed for me at this moment. Quite frankly, it was exhausting, and...dare I say…it just feels as if it got away from being about the music. Time to get back to the music. The "flaw” was I
let the system get in the way. The Office system…of Rega Brio-R and Harbeth P3s...is hardly a boom-box, lol. But when I listen to it, it’s “simple” and "relaxed"; a system I can really enjoy, and sounds "just fine"…without thinking about too much.
As I alluded to earlier; where the big system, over-crowded my small room…so that it was mostly about the system first, and a relaxed space to listen to music second… I want to turn that around. A nice, comfy Den…with the P3s (or other small monitor) scattered amongst the furnishings. And the Rega Brio-R and even P3s…dynamite speakers that they are…are not necessarily the end-point for me. I’ve always had a part of me, call to a little, tube Integrated (I’d love an ARC VSi-55/60)…or I’ll finally have a chance to try a Naim 5i-2. As for the Harbeths…the only thing better than P3s, might be 7-ESs (or some Merlin, or maybe even come full-circle and finally try that pair of X12s you guys talked me out of…way back when this whole thing started, lol. That way…I could stay in the Dyn club, and continuing to subject you to my long-ass posts).
So don’t cry for me; I’m not giving up…just moving down. And who knows… someday I may re-enter the lists with a new saber, either broken or bent; and plow up the field all over again (with C2s, and a new room!).