Top 10 Snafus to avoid when building a good rig

My list some from my mistakes and some threads on Audiogon.

1. Buying a speaker that claims to have very deep bass.

Take those bad boys home and whow! That bass is getting my room excited and is ruining the music. Setting expectations about how much bass is possible from a fairly inexpensive floor standing speaker. Expecting to much is a huge and mistake.

2. Not listening to or not being aware of your reactions to the sound. Ask your self am I relaxed while the system is playing or am I sitting on the edge of my chair. Is the sound involving or is it just a good PA System? Does the music evoke an emotional response? It should...

3. Is the sound cohesive. A cohesive sound will also sound pure and not blurred. Complex speakers can sound like complex speakers.

Those are my top three and yes I have kissed a few frogs..yuck!

Jim

Say what dude??Its a secret.

David,
To be frankly with you I don't know when I'm finished and I like that fact.

Jax2

You are making things way to difficult..You simply purchase products with "less degradation" (dud I spell that correctly?). Be sure you trade in your products with "more degradation". Over time you should come to that desired state (not Nebraska) of owning a system that has N9's degradation free. Not sure how long that will take.

Press on.

Jim

you'd think all this was life or death, illness or health, or peace or war. Hell, it's just stereo systems.