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Question: What are some of your best pieces of advise to someone new to the hobby?

I have a friend who is interested in putting together a system and am putting together a little guide for him, compiling information I’ve found over the years, plus some of my own personal tips and tricks. However, I am by no means the end-all-be-all of knowledge and want to incorporate information, tips, and tricks from the community - however basic they may seem - into a nice reference resource.

Without specifically naming any pieces of gear or brands (this isn’t a product recommendation question), what are some of the biggest tips, tricks, important pieces of info to keep in mind, caveats, etc. that you would have for someone new?

*side note - hopefully this post can also serve as a nice reference point for people in the future, as well!

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jl35
3,936 posts
 

+1 secretguy...you're already getting some contradictory advice...read and mostly listen ...

frogman
7,364 posts
 

- Any information lost or distorted at the source cannot be retrieved or “improved” further upstream.

- To one degree or another, everything matters.

- Try (really hard) to attend at least a couple of live acoustic (or at least minimally amplified) music performances before pulling out the credit card.

Good of you to help a friend.  Good luck.

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larsman
1,753 posts
 

Take anything anybody tells you with a proverbial grain of salt. You'll hear a great many differing opinions.... 

czarivey
5,698 posts
 

I can only suggest on what not to do:

 Don't listen to neither audiophiles nor salesman at hi-fi shop. 

Everything else is fine.

frogman
7,364 posts
 

Two more:

- Ignore the cynics.

- Be careful with the opinions of those who never mention the music. 

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