Is High-End Audio Obsolete?

[Psycho Sonny]

I have a £300 set of tannoy floorstanders connected to an Onkyo £250 amp.

The sound quality is amazing. I especially love the mid and high tones, especially with speech when watching a movie.

I always planned to get a dedicated AMP which I haven't done yet and also get 2 small rear speakers. But to be honest I'm not sure I will actually bother. Mainly because the front floorstanders are hardwired into my living room and to do the same with additional speakers will be a right PITA.

I don't watch much TV/Films anyway, normally listen to music and that only uses front 2.1 sound. I may get a sub but that is about it.

This is basically what I'm getting at when I posted the article.

Back in the day people had to pay thousands to get a decent setup. Now it can be done easily for under £1K and no point in upgrading as the law of diminishing returns kicks in and your spending hundreds of pounds for very little gain if any (a lot of people wouldn't be able to tell the difference).

I think someone on here bought a £15,000 set of speakers in the home cinema section.

Whilst I can appreciate they may be amazing. I would rather have £14K to spend elsewhere and a £1K set of speakers tbh.

 

[aardvark]

i wouldn't spend over 1k on a single component - the gains are pretty small after that imo - but the gains on going from a £200 speakers/amp to 1k is quite noticeable, less so for cd players.