As you already know, this is a glimpse into why I desperately need access to this forum.
I'm too poor to afford gazillion of dollars equipment so I'm here in hopes to expand my knowledge over technicalities of audio as a hobby so um............
yes, its a disease and i have to live with now 😀😀😀
as many of you, ive been once hopeful and young but now i approach 30 and im deserted without audio xD
i have a very "pleb" system but it does the job for me.
the guy that spread this condition to me showed me the first steps and tips&tricks about how to get around simple upgrades so that's about it.
hope i won't upset people around here but i ask lots of stupid questions :')
I'm too poor to afford gazillion of dollars equipment so I'm here in hopes to expand my knowledge over technicalities of audio as a hobby so um............
yes, its a disease and i have to live with now 😀😀😀
as many of you, ive been once hopeful and young but now i approach 30 and im deserted without audio xD
i have a very "pleb" system but it does the job for me.
the guy that spread this condition to me showed me the first steps and tips&tricks about how to get around simple upgrades so that's about it.
hope i won't upset people around here but i ask lots of stupid questions :')
I'd say invest the majority of what you have in speakers. Choose what type of speaker by reading about them and knowing a bit about the sound you'd like from your system. Lord knows we dont get to audition them, generally, in Frugal land - that's for the commercial showroom, unless you happen to have friends nearby in this.
Upstream of the speaker, these days @ DIY you can get decent amplification for pennies, compared to yesteryear. Then, moving to your source of music, well, that's gotten inexpensive too. Of course in that realm, sky's the limit on what you can spend (Vinyl), but with a common computer and service subscription, you'll have an unimaginably vast array of material to listen to - as long as the internet or phone connection is working.
Then, there's the matter of to have a separate DAC or not. Choosing a separate DAC is the expensive route; some of those cheap, high performing amplifiers have that part built right in, which means you're all-digital in connectivity except for the speaker wires. FWIW.
Take advantage of any "abundance" there may be in electronics where you live. That laptop with the cracked screen headed for the recycle heap would serve well as a music source, its HDD containing files or service streaming. I have a 5K generation I3 with a bad hinge nobody wanted anymore; it operates as a music server just fine with the lid closed, fully accessible over my home network from my main laptop computer. Here in the USA, I routinely see I5 boxes for well <$50, that could easily be made into a music source / player.
Upstream of the speaker, these days @ DIY you can get decent amplification for pennies, compared to yesteryear. Then, moving to your source of music, well, that's gotten inexpensive too. Of course in that realm, sky's the limit on what you can spend (Vinyl), but with a common computer and service subscription, you'll have an unimaginably vast array of material to listen to - as long as the internet or phone connection is working.
Then, there's the matter of to have a separate DAC or not. Choosing a separate DAC is the expensive route; some of those cheap, high performing amplifiers have that part built right in, which means you're all-digital in connectivity except for the speaker wires. FWIW.
Take advantage of any "abundance" there may be in electronics where you live. That laptop with the cracked screen headed for the recycle heap would serve well as a music source, its HDD containing files or service streaming. I have a 5K generation I3 with a bad hinge nobody wanted anymore; it operates as a music server just fine with the lid closed, fully accessible over my home network from my main laptop computer. Here in the USA, I routinely see I5 boxes for well <$50, that could easily be made into a music source / player.