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If you want lame advice DON'T do this!

Have you ever seen a member ask for advice about their system and don't understand why they need to make a change? Mistakes in this hobby are generally expensive. Does a list of components tell you how they sound together as a system? No Does a picture of a room tell you how the system sounds in the room? No. Think about the dollars that have been flushed away because the problem was the room and no matter what you stick in there or how much it cost it won't git er done. A flat in room frequency response is a starting point before changing anything. So, why don't more people post measurements when asking for advice? If you want lame advice DON'T post your system in your profile. If you want good advice post your system and a pic. If you want excellent advice include your in room FR measurements (which almost all modern receivers provide or REW can do for free). 

kota1

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coralkong
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@kota1 

I think this is coming it a bit high.

Sometimes, a flat-line measurement isn't what's best, and I personally don't think someone needs to measure their room to get the best sound. The best measurable response? Possibly. But certainly not the best sound. Different people like different sound types, whether that be a rolled off top end, or a heavy mid response, etc...

Honestly, I'd prefer to tune my room by ear and experimentation. I don't need a graph to know if it sounds good. Actually, I'd prefer NOT to use a program to "figure it out".

Might want to lighten up a bit.

 

 

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coralkong
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If someone asks for genuine advice on a subject/product I have experience with, I will give it honestly. 

If someone chooses to "take me to task" for said advice and has no pics of their system, and nothing other than their word on what they own (and maybe a thousand responses to posts basically all saying "cables all sound the same"), well, that's when things get dicey. Sure, they all sound the same when your equipment is sub-par and your paper-route money goes to smoking weed and downing 'shrooms.

There are so many blow-hards and wannabe's on here that it's tough (at first) to sort out the clowns. A pic of your system under your profile helps settle that.

You're never going to get good advice from someone who hasn't had any experience with a product, yet those are the ones who feel the need to shout louder than anyone else.

Far too much of that going on here......

I will approach my room and my system my way. I have "enough" experience to know that if I don't know what I'm talking about, stay out of it. If I DO happen to know what I'm talking about, I will for sure give advice freely. I know what I like, and know what sounds good to ME. TO ME. To you? Possibly....

I don't feel the need to measure my room at this point in time.

Free advice is worth what you pay for it.

Have a nice day, and happy listening.

 

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