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High End System Building. How important is the matching, cabling and room? Thoughts ?

The last 20 years as an audiophile and now a dealer has taught me a very important lesson. Everything matters. The equipment can be great but no matter how much you spend the matching is very important. The cabling is also important. Some think cabling is all about making it sound better. I prefer my cabling to not get in the way. It’s like it can’t be a clogged faucet for your sound.  Materials and shielding are very important. In addition to that the room is very important. You may not have a perfect room but you build your system to work in the room you have. I don’t have all the answers but you can’t just spend money and have a great system. Combination of equipment, cabling and room has gotten me there. I’ve tried a lot of gear and cables and this is how I feel. What are your thoughts everyone? 

calvinj

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The room matters a lot, do everything you can afford.

Yet the next step is most important .... do not buy anything unless

a. You NEED it. How do I know? Because you are BOTHERED and can NAME the ISSUE you wish to SOLVE

b. You have done an A/B in your space and you PREFER the new thing, FOR SURE.

 

 

From here it’s never ending. Hopefully you will go many years with a set up, but you may not. When you have amazing Speakers, Amps, Cables, DA etc ... then you might in time be bothered and fine tune it with AC cables perhaps, Fuses perhaps, Caps and Resistors perhaps.

The better the system the more obvious is any small change.

Small gains are often costly ... that’s the reality. Do you need them? See #1

 

A great thing can be costly or not.  A bad thing can be costly too.

 

Enjoy the Process. For the Audiophile the system is the creativity, the instrument.

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