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From: milenium_Goethe995 <adrianmihai.at@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Newbie in Classical Music
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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>:
>>>
>>> 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?
>>>
>>> Best Regards and thank you in advance for your answers!
>>>
>> For being an on-line forum I find Audio Science Reviews to have a decent
>> signal to noise ratio:
>>
>> https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php
>>
>> Warning: You are entering the proverbial rabbit hole :-)
>>
>> 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....
>>
>> 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."
>>
>> /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!

-- 
/ Adi