# What was the last bit of gear you bought in 2025? **URL:** \ **Category:** Hi-Fi Corner\ **Created:** [December 31, 2024, 1:29pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/what-was-the-last-bit-of-gear-you-bought-in-2025/38349 "2024-12-31T13:29:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4829
**Author:** ![Thomas](https://community.naimaudio.com/user_avatar/community.naimaudio.com/thomas/32/319_2.png) [@Thomas](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/Thomas)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2025, 6:26am UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/what-was-the-last-bit-of-gear-you-bought-in-2025/38349/4829 "2025-12-21T06:26:11Z")
> [@fog](#): > > Dream system. Best room conditions. I‘m always wondering, how big this step is comparing to our living room sound with Magicos A3. And my last purchase was also a speaker cable from Inakustik I’m not sure whether you were expecting a reply or simply thinking out loud 🙂 Yes, equipment does make a real difference, absolutely! That said, it’s worth adding a bit of nuance. 🤓 Performance does not increase linearly with price, far from it. The law of diminishing returns kicks in rather hard once you enter the six-figure price range. Then there’s [the listening room reality](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/the-listening-room-reality/5761). Often ignored, unconsciously or not, but very real nonetheless, and both measurable and audible. To put it simply, there’s a good parallel to be drawn between cars and hi-fi. If you want to experience what a Formula 1 car is truly capable of, you need to use it on a racetrack. 🏎 On normal roads, you might catch a glimpse of its potential, but it will never be more than that : a glimpse… Otherwise, your F1 ends up being a very expensive trophy, and you’ll never even get out of second gear… In short, a bit of acoustic treatment, along with proper placement of speakers and listening position, has a **massive impact on sound** and is probably the most cost-effective upgrade you can make. Merry Christmas 🎄 ✨ Thomas --- _[View the full topic](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/what-was-the-last-bit-of-gear-you-bought-in-2025/38349)._