How Do You Learn?

Tvad, A trip to do a session with Jim is a consideration.
You say the book costs nothing, please elaborate.

Like i already said i learned mainly by listenings experiments.... Many hundreds one...Reading dont replace listenings experiments no more than buying upgrades...

The musical files for example i play right now were the same that i played on the same system 2 years ago....

They are now unrecognizable...

Same speakers, same dac, and same amplifier...

Only change are room acoustic passive treatment AND active controls, also controls over mechanical vibrations, and some decreasing control over the noise floor level of my house...


Results are so astounding that a file i listened to one or two years ago reveal so much details that the music is almost unrecognizable, like a new album...

It is the REASON why i defended my point about embeddings controls of the working embeddings dimensions over and BEFORE any upgrade....

Reading is good, i learned basic acoustic principle by reading, but i understood them REALLY only by experimenting with them...

Then i will not recommend any books there is much good one recommeded here.... But experimenting is the key....Upgrading is a deception most of the times....How do you know if what you bargain for in upgrade is really better if you had never listen to the true S.Q. potential peak of your actual system already ?

@chorus

You say the book costs nothing, please elaborate.

Please forgive my imprecise language.

To be clear, the book, which costs $37.70 plus tax and shipping, is filled with tips and suggestions that cost nothing additional other than one’s time.

Now, someone will surely reply with a "gotcha" that Jim Smith recommends some tools that are helpful, therefore adding cost: laser level, laser measuring tool, system evaluation CD, measuring tape, multimeter, AC polarity tester, small hand mirror, flashlight, removable tape. Most of us own a measuring tape, roll of blue tape, small mirror, flashlight. Those items alone will be sufficient to implement many of Jim’s tips.

Fingers crossed, I’ve covered the bases of potential costs, but I likely have forgotten one or two.

Hope that helps.

+++++ @tvad The Jim Smith book is awesome, i buy them used and hand out like candy…..