Happy Holidays and Your Favorite Tips?

Get a handle on your room acoustics before jumping on the hifi merry go round. 

As an Economist, i view punctuation as a form of taxation..

Holiday tip ; A well decorated Christmas tree is a very complex diffuser…. 

Listen to as much music as you can and don’t eat the yellow snow.

Seabiscuit in the forth round!

Favorite tip comes from the doorman. We celebrate ThanksTaking.

@knotscott that's serious punishment. Knowing myself I would mix up the empties with the real ones. 

@mahgister 

I really liked tip of @viridian even if it's not directed to you.

Constantly have a book or two on the go.  Read every day.

Buy low, sell high.

Study (capitalist) economics. It influences every move you make.

Be nice to people serving your food or cutting your hair.

Merry Christmas!

For parents - Gift wrap some empty boxes and place them under the tree. Every time one of the kids acts up, grab one of the wrapped boxes and toss it in the fireplace.    😉

I know that my friend... It is because you are of good faith and truthfull that i take it freely for me...

And because i like truth and goodfaith people , i say it as it seems to fit me like a coat...

You are respectul and too me it is gold...

thanks again ....

I cannot promise absolute loyalty in all cases about you very good advice though ...

i am perhaps in less self control than many ...Then i even apologize in advance ...

Stay as you are and i wish you the best luck and health possible ...😊

It was a general comment - not directed at you

I know you are right and give a wise tip...

I will try my best...For the sake of most...😁

Merry christmas and the best health possible...

My tip, learn to write economically when you post on audio forums.

Look both ways before crossing the street.

Never try to catch falling scissors.

Start early morning

Go to bed late.

I too find sleeping to be the worst use of my time 

I will recommend mathematics and poetry instead but physics is a good choice ...😉 I am not a practical mind i confess ...( save in my audio journey because without music i would have died)

Merry christmas carlsbad 2...

Merry Christmas.

Tell your children and grandchildren to study physics, it will help you understand every aspect of life.

Jerry

Merry Christmas.  

Tell your children and grandchildren to study physics, it will help you understand every aspect of life.

Jerry  

Start early morning

Go to bed late.

--Adress acoustics basic concept and try some experiments...( acoustics is not mere room acoustic, i modified my speakers because they are Helmholtz resonators too i say this as an exemple of an acoustics concept )

-- adress the electrical noise floor level of the gear and the room and of the house... Also EMI pollution ...

-- Adress the vibrations/resonance mechanical problems huge on turntable and on speakers...

-- Never upgrade if your system is basically already synergetical BEFORE adressing the three points above ... Because you probably will not need to and if you need you will probably decide in another component for the upgrade because these three point together exceed most single gear upgrade when your system is basically good and already synergetical...

-- a relative audiophile experience at the minimal acoustical threshold of satisfaction is possible and as much rewarding than with a top maximal acoustical satisfaction threshold in spite of the huge difference between a good 1000 bucks system and a 50,000 bucks one ... Why ? Because all acoustics factors defining sound can be optimally balanced relative to the gear design at any price levels...In clear you dont put a 2,000 bucks preamplifier on a 150 bucks active speakers system , i just put a tube preamplifier costing 50 bucks with amazing result ... all gear level must be complementary and relatively on the same level of price because you will need such balance to optimize the acoustics factors implied in the sound perception... We live with a system for a long time... Only obsessed people go in upgrading instead of learning the basic ...

-- Simple blind test is enough if you experiment with unorthodox devices ...

-- Go on your own road and trust your ears because you will train them not by listening music of any type only but because you will try acoustics simple experiments ...

-- read and study articles of acoustician not of mere reviewers ...

-- Buying the gear, nevermind the price is the easy part...Learning how from the first three points above to embed any pieces of gear in his three working dimensions is the hard part but the most fun part, not buying upgrade so fun it could be ...

-- The most important factor and satisfying one is creativity not price tags or high end design purchasing ...

-- Good sound is not defined by gear design first but first by acoustics concepts in the head of the listener or in the head of the designer ...

Merry christmas to all fellows audiogon members ...🎄

Listen to live acoustic music as often as possible.

Sometimes when you do, listen critically… to the relation of detail to core instruments, how bass arrives, the sound stage, venue reflections. Micro details of cymbles, leading edge of the saxophone, tone of the violin, cello… decay of the piano… decay of the orchestra.

Is that what you hear in your system?

Season tickets to the symphony for ten years in 7th row center changed my goals and resultant system for the better more than all the high end audio system auditions I have been to.

My tip:

Start with the best gear you can possibly afford and go from there.

More expensive doesn't always mean better, but inexpensive usually means junk.

Tip#2:

Trust your ears, not what some fool on the internet with a multimeter says.