Re: Newbie in Classical Music

On 28/02/2025 19:02, Owen Hartnett wrote:

On Feb 28, 2025 at 4:41:02 AM EST, "Martin Schöön" <martin.schoon@gmail.com>
wrote:
 

Den 2025-02-27 skrev milenium_Goethe995 <adrianmihai.at@gmail.com>:

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I shall begin with one first question>
What is the best setup for listening to classical music at my home?
Should I acquire a so called DAC and Ampliphier, Headphones or Speakers?
Could you please link a good resource for learning more about the
technical stuff so, that I can lay a solid base for my musical education?
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Best Regards and thank you in advance for your answers!
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For being an on-line forum I find Audio Science Reviews to have a decent
signal to noise ratio:
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https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php
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Warning: You are entering the proverbial rabbit hole :-)
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Headphones vs. speakers could depend a lot on 'external factors' such as
neighbors, significant other, road noise, willingness to add acoustic
treatment to listening room, budget....
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Then, how good does the kit need to be? One friend once said: "If you
keep playing record after record and enjoy it, it is good enough."
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/Martin

 If you're going to be listening by yourself, I'd say to table the audiophile
stuff, just get a subscription to Spotify (cost == 1 CD per month or so), and
a good pair of bluetooth headphones (BOSE still has the best noise cancelling)
and just listen. Alternatively, a subscription to YouTube. Both of these
venues have more music than you could ever collect, and lots of
recommendations on what to try next.
 What to listen to? Wherever your journey takes you. There's lots to explore
and different opinions on all of it. Spotify will recommend works to you on a
weekly basis, there are tons of websites that will point you to highly
regarded performances of anything that catches your fancy.
 -Owen

Thank you all for the suggestions. I got myself a good pair of headphones (Meze Aer 105). They are quite nice.
Looking forward to seeing nice posts around here.
Peace!
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/ Adi