What I've Learned Over 18 Months In Four Easy Steps
1) Choice of speaker. 2) Speakers in relation to room size. 3) Components of equal quality. 4) Cables count.
You are right. I am getting good at that now… after working on it for fifty years.
1. Good recording
2. Speaker with flat FR in anechoic chamber
3. PEQ and room treatment.
That's about 90% of what you hear.
Significant other temporarily living out of state. All other factors follow.
Once you bought a big ticket item, there is a sinking feeling as you realize that without #3 and room treatment, your big investment was for naught.
speaker+room
matched amplification
good source
patient experimentation
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