What's Your Weakest Link in Your Hi-Fi

[Bob in St. Louis]

Yea, I live in the midwest, so a fireplace is helpful but the wife is afraid of the kids getting too close so we never use it. Fortunately it's not in the HT room, but the room it IS in could be arranged better without it.
Hey, maybe I could convice her we need to convert it into an IB!

Bob

[BoomieMCT]

Depends on which setup but I would say that even with my attempts at room treatment and EQing, the room is the weakest link in all my setups.

geekwithfamily wrote:

I've just been re-reading all my Audio Perfectionist Journals and the author, Richard Hardesty, had this comment on system building: [paraphrasing] "You must have great loudspeakers to hear differences between power amps, great amps to hear differences between preamps and processors, and great preamps to hear differences between sources, great sources let you hear the differences between recordings."

I'm not sure I 100% agree with this. Even with my modest equipment I can tell differences in recordings for music and especially HT soundwork.

[Bob in St. Louis]

Especially with Open Baffle, Boom!

[davetroy]

My room is the biggest problem. Windows all over the place.

[Bob in St. Louis]

How about some heavy drapes?

Bob

[davetroy]

That's what I've done, recently. I think the high ceilings might be a problem, too, but I'm pretty happy with the sound I've been getting. So I'd say the biggest problem with my room is that it's not big enough to withstand Vandersteen 5s (and my wallet isn't big enough to afford them).

[superchad]

I have a few weak links but overall am happy, I suppose I would like a better tube pre, then amp, then speakers, then turntable, then CD player in that order if I could invest in it all.I just moved into a great dedicted room and its holding the upgrade bug at bay pretty well so far.

[Tony G]

Not having HDMI built in to my pre-amp(Emotive LMC-1)... I know that I can purchase a switcher so to speak but from I understand It will not decode true uncompressed 7.1 sound from Blu-Ray... It's only 3 years old and I guess in reflection I should have known better.

TG

[tonyvdb]

I would have to say my Sanyo Z2 projector is my weakest link. A 1080p projector would be much better but at this point they are still far too pricey.

[thxgoon]

Ah Tony you beat me too it! The weakest link in my audio chain is also my projector

Seriously though the room is the worst part of mine. My old Denon 5700 still sounds great as a pre but doesn't do any more than the legacy 5.1 formats. Would love the new Integra pre as a replacement

[tonyvdb]

Tony G wrote:

It's only 3 years old and I guess in reflection I should have known better.

TG

Welcome to the world of home audio and video. Along with computers The receiver is almost worse than buying automobiles within 2 years they are outdated.