Yes. But you can often evaluate the posters experience and values through their post(s) / virtual systems. People trying to be helpful will usually provide enough context for you to understand where they are coming from and their experience… and they creat virtual systems. But you are correct, just like any thing, you must read critically.
Seek advice on forums but always listen to your own ears!
I’m starting this thread because in our hobby there are no absolutes. You as an audiophile will bring a different experience. You will have different equipment, speakers,room, experience level and level of equipment. Be careful seek the advice but you never know who is giving it to you. Trust your ears not random measurements from random people. Some folks are not who they say they are.
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It is simple. You read many users opinions, you study acoustics concepts and well authorized experience users here are well known. For example if i need information about speakers, i will consult among others here erik_squires... If i need advices about amplifier i will ask atmasphere. If i need more general information or simply opinions i will among others ask ghdprentice opinion for example .
All the people i know here for years are who they claim they are... I had read their posts...😊 We must be cautious not defiant or suspicious.. Anyway we must trust ourself first for basic information across the web ...And for very specfic information it is easy to have many answers to compare ...
By the way listening with our own ears is a common place fact... How to listen otherwise? No opinions even the most educated and experienced one and even your own ears is not enough at all ... You must learn basic acoustics concepts by training your own hearings in your own room ... That is what i learned and thats was my only advice since i am here ... Some dont like it ... Guess why ?
No one can understand what he hear if he does not have the concept relating to the acoustics aspects and parameters at play... This must be learned the hard way doing it ... Sorry ... Then the best advices and your own ears tastes cannot replace experiments ... |
@mahgister @ghdprentice great responses from the both of you. I respect both of you guys. We may not agree all the time but I can see where yall are coming from. Some posters play big games. You just don’t know. |
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