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I m a beginner. Please help

hello, everyone. i started to get into the audiophile's world a month ago. i would like to learn about what separate components i need to have in order to enjoy the best quality of sound! it looks like many people spend their money on power chords and power plants etc. do they really make a differnce in sound? or is this all one big hype? i would think that a cd player, a pre-amp, a pow. amp, and a pair of speakers would be enough to hear.
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leafs
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Great post Jadem6.Check out www.uhfmag.com they have a 20 minute HIFI course.also 2 books for beginers
They tell a good story .
leafs
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The SOURCE CD player or Turtable are your most important items.Dont let anyone tell you different.
Can a graet 50K speaker change the signal it recieves.can it make a bad signal sound good.No it cant.
GARBAGE IN = GARBAGE OUT.
ITS THAT SIMPLE.
A cheap source will keep you spending counless $ to get better sound.
I cant tell you how many people keep upgrading speakers and are never really pleased.
The need to upgrade their source so they can really hear what their amps and speakers really sound like.
Put you bigest bang in the source.
leafs
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a cable should not be required to tame a bright system.if its bright your problem is with the speakers or amp.
Though considering the amp Krell I am not surprized.
kidding aside.If you friend had a 1500.00 used CD player it might not be so bright.Remember garbage in=garbage out.
Dont get caught up on cables in the bigining.
Once you have had a system for a few months you will now its sound and then you can try different cables and be able to tell.dont rush.
leafs
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The Audio Critic is not what we would want anyone with an interest in hifi to read.The guy is a lunatic.
When someone makes statments like all amplifiers sound the same.This is a direct quote.Well do you really want to read more.
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