Nobody doing thier own experimenting or research?

Many experienced A'Gon posters do recommend hands on auditioning and personal trial all the time, and I certainly do. There is no substitute for hands on (and ears on) experience. trying out new or different tweaks and equipmenting is what drives much of the interest in this hobby, IMO. And it's also what drives i-net sites such as Audiogon and Audio Asylum-- well, that and the desire to share and communicate with others in the hobby. Cheers. Craig

I think Jvia needs to learn how to comprehende what he reads. I started the thread about the cartridge and arm. I am quite pleased with the set up that I have and simply wondered what other options existed and was relying on the knowledge and experience of others that I do not yet have. If I had a high compliance MC cartridge to mount on my arm I would.

I did comprehend what I read though, you state and I quote,
"would the cantilever on my Grado Platinum be considered" that to me means you own one, you state you have the arm, I ask why you don't just try it? I mean, how do any of us know anything until we tried it? Then soemthing might be discovered that could be reported to the rest of the world.

Why do you think Rega's and Music Hall's are so popular in this site? At the same time, my threads on modding the Technics 1200 got trashed..

I wouldn't trade a Rega or Music Hall for my modded 1200. I had to buy a new tonearm assembly cause I messed up my first rewiring, but it was a $100 learning experience.

It is all this experimenting that has helped me take giant leaps with a reasonable investment.

People often vary in degrees in regards to experimentation. There are people who must build their own equipment according to their own specification. There are people who do extensive research and auditions before making purchases. And there are people who wants to be led like lambs to a slaughter.

I am not categorizing people who post on Audiogon as one of the three personas above. Obviously there are more. But this demonstrates there are varied types of people out there who will ask very technical questions to very brain dead questions; very self serving questions and very asserting questions.

I think for most of us, including myself, there are just too many options, and we all want to be sure that we end up with the right options with our limited resources.

For an example, I did a day's worth of research on the internet on tubes. I seem to have decided on getting a set of Siemens 6922 and a set of Svetlana 6550. I posted a "Newbie Tube Question" thread to ask whether these would work with my ARC amp. Also, I wanted to know who to deal with because I didn't want to end up with low quality or bogus tubes.

It seems simple enough that I can just plop in the tubes and listen for myself. But this would be a costly experiment. Asking a brain dead question would probably save me lots of dead brain cells in the long run, assuming I get the right responses.