I am fairly new to this journey and every time I dump a chunk of change into my system, I am completely overwhelmed by the amount of change I am experiencing. I have terrible whataboutism. Every time I purchase something it’s hard for me to comprehend how it is going to sound better because my system sounds so good as it does now. Yet here I am today making a new speaker purchase around an hour ago. Now I get the next two weeks waiting for a delivery with crippling whataboutism. I guess what I’m saying is I’m early enough in this journey that anything I throw at the fan…
A principle guiding the wise audiophile life
There is one law, or best said a principle, guiding the wise audiophile life :
What matter is not the gear pieces price or his design, it is up to our budget limit to pick the right stuff for ourselves and our needs.
What matter is the way we installed together the mechanical,electrical and acoustical working dimensions of any chosen system/room...
As a consequence of this principle this is his corollary:
The mechanical electrical and acoustical controls,devices,tweaks, parameters, cannot be replaced by one another if we want to reach an optimal result in sound quality.
Vibrations/resonance controls cannot replace or be replaced by acoustics parameters controls or EMI shielding and grounding for example.
The greatest error we can do is buying and just "plug and play". Then upgrading a piece part by frustration or dissatisfaction, without learning how the whole system may,must,can behave in a specific room for our specific ears (psycho-acoustics).
The other error will be to cure one problem with a gear upgrade before trying to understand what is the problem.
This must be meditated by any beginners before "upgrading" and after "upgrading"...
There is no relation between a piece of gear or a system/room before and after his optimal mechanical,electrical and acoustical installation. None.
It is the reason why reviews do not tell all the truth there is to be tell ...
This resume what i have learned.
What have you learned yourself ?
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gkelly It is normal if you begin with a good amount of money to try anything there is... Enjoy it... I lived trough the same thing with probably less money to invest though a long time ago... My best wishes to you ... |
I have long come to the conclusion that audiophilia is a complex system of music, gear and listener in an environment. The result we get is a unique combination of innumerable factors coming together in an unpredictable way. If we upgrade a component, we may well be able hear an improvement. However, the effect of the change soon becomes the new norm. In the longer term, does it really make a significant difference? Do we truly enjoy music any more than we did previously? Not necessarily, in my view. Yet, I still try. |
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