jacobmorrison
Established Member
- It’s gonna cost you!
- It’s probably the room and/or speaker placement that’s the problem, not your system.
- Analogue does not sound better than digital.
- Digital does not sound better than analogue.
- Mastering matters most.
- Hi-Res is good marketing. 16bit lossless is enough. See point 5.
- Being bit-perfect is no consolation when it sounds shit. See point 5.
- Enjoyment of music cannot be guaranteed by using equipment that measures well. See point 5.
- If tone controls can make music sound better to you, use tone controls.
- Accept that somebody with a pair of cheap headphones and a phone could well be getting far more out of their music than you do with your own setup worth hundreds or thousands more, simply because they don’t care that they’re only using a phone and cheap headphones. These people are to be envied.
- If you can hear an audible benefit with a cable then it’s up to you whether that benefit is worth the outlay. If you can’t hear the benefit, don’t spend the money. Don’t let the debate tell you you’re wrong or an idiot if you can hear the difference. I have, but only occasionally. Trust your ears.
- Unless you’re hiding equipment away, don’t be embarrassed and accept that looks matter. If the equipment is an eye-sore to you, the odds are you won’t enjoy owning it.
- Home audition wherever possible for as long as possible. You’ll know you’re happy when you just want to put more music on.
- Value your local dealers.
- The quality of modern vinyl is highly variable. 180gsm black vinyl does not guarantee good sound quality. Coloured vinyl does not guarantee poor sound quality. Expensive re-issues often sound worse than originals. So, treasure your old vinyl.
- VU meters will always be cool.
- There’s no substitute for a nicely weighted volume control.
- When you can’t hear the equipment and can only hear the music, put the wallet away and stop reading reviews.
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