Sounds better than it should?

[purple1]

Last evening working in the basement I hooked my old Jensen PR-400 speakers to my Pioneer SX-828. I got to say I love this combo. It just sounds right. I seem to like it better than all the other systems in the house right now. I mean the bass is sweet, the mids and highs all sound perfect. Big full sound stage and awesome image. And it will rock the house.

I was going to mate the SX-828 with some CS-99A Pioneers, you know to keep it all Pioneer but the Jensen PR-400s just kick the 99As in the ass.

Any one else got some combo that sounds better than it should?

 

[bermnerfs]

I put together a cheap system in the dining room/kitchen area so my wife and I could listen to music while cooking.

I found some Mini Advent II's on CL for $20, and an Onkyo A-8150 integrated at a thrift for $40.

This little $60 has exceeded my expectations so much that I find myself choosing to listen to it over my main system recently.

The 60WPC drive the Advents very nicely, this sounds like a much bigger system than it is.

 

[mynameisphun]

PC --> Cheapest $15 eBay USB DAC --> $15 Lepai LP-2020A+ amp --> DCM CX-17's that were $6.97 at Goodwill. Couldn't believe my ears the first time I hooked up this combo. Closing my eyes, I'd swear I was in the room with the musicians I was listening to.

 

[azrussell132]

This happens to me last week as well. I had brought home a beat up pair of Cerwin Vega bookshelf speakers from Goodwill for $10. They were quite beat up on the outside but the drivers themselves all looked to be in perfect condition. I've never owned any CV's so I thought for $10 I'd give them a try. Cleaned them up, recovered the grills, and then decided to place them in the loft upstairs inside the house. I paired them with a mint $9 (estate sale) Yamaha RX-770 and a Sony sub I got for free. After everything was hooked up I turned it on to test it and my jaw dropped. The whole system sounds far far better than it should. Sometimes you just get lucky and it all clicks.

 

[davidro]

TPA3116 sounds way way way better than it should.

 

[Frank Sol]

Dayton DTA-100a T-Amp ---> Pioneer SP-BS22LR speakers

P/E doesnt carry the DTA-100a any longer - they have a 'newer' 120

 

[michaelhigh]

The more you love music, the better it sounds, to a point.

The more time, effort, and experimentation you put into synergistic comparisons, the better the outcome.

Learn your individual pieces' limitations, work within that structure, and push the envelope. We got to the moon that way, in 1969, no less.

Lots of advances in technology since then. You should be able to, as they say, "amaze your family and friends", as well as satisfy your own curiosity and desire for quality audio. Get out there and try some combos, and make note of what sounds particularly sweet to your ears.

They are what matter.

 

[SuperjazzyJa]

My secondary system sounds way better to me than I thought it would. Early 90s Onkyo receiver and Zenith speakers. You just never know.