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Do you trust your system?

I was constantly upgrading gear, demoing songs, reading reviews, trying to find out why I had the feeling that the song I was playing shouldn’t sound the way it does. Something off or lacking, I luckily found a set of equipment and a room setup that if a song is off, it’s likely recorded that way. I trust my system to do a decent job.  I wonder do others get to a point where they are more critical of mastering techniques than something wrong with their equipment? Admittedly, it’s easier to say how a piece of gear or cable made some significant difference, but in what exactly since the music sources are so wildly manipulated by engineers?

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chorus
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I usually avoid listening to a "Live" Stream if there is a studio option.

In general the studios are better recordings.

 

Lately I have been experimenting with several speakers

in search of a new primary speaker. 

I am learning that the actual speaker makes less difference in the overall

listening pleasure than I had thought. 

Now that sounds contrary to commonly accepted thought and just wrong for a lot of reasons so let me provide some of the reasoning.

As I sit here listening to a pair of Time DC TF600 speakers

that are sold for $200-$300 all day long. 

If I blind tested these many would love the sound. Me too.

 

The associated gear, setup and room play as big a part 

in sound pleasure as the actual speakers.

 

Anyone want to hear the demo, I live in Phoenix

AZ and will accommodate all takers.

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