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Question: What are some of your best pieces of advise to someone new to the hobby?

I have a friend who is interested in putting together a system and am putting together a little guide for him, compiling information I’ve found over the years, plus some of my own personal tips and tricks. However, I am by no means the end-all-be-all of knowledge and want to incorporate information, tips, and tricks from the community - however basic they may seem - into a nice reference resource.

Without specifically naming any pieces of gear or brands (this isn’t a product recommendation question), what are some of the biggest tips, tricks, important pieces of info to keep in mind, caveats, etc. that you would have for someone new?

*side note - hopefully this post can also serve as a nice reference point for people in the future, as well!

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  • Evaluate the listening room you’re going to be setting your system up in, & optimize.
  • Buy the speakers you like the sound of, & the model that compliments the dimensions of your listening room. (preferably a speaker on the more efficient side). This will increase the range of applicable amplifiers.
  • New or used, buy the best source you can afford +10% (gotta collect the data off that recording).
  • Acquire high quality recordings. (Good info in, good info out).
  • Isolate your gear as best you can.
  • Buy an amp that can both articulate, and drive your speakers with authority. In snob speak .... comprised with a low noise floor, and provides dynamics.
  • Read this website from cover to cover! http://www.high-endaudio.com/rec.html#Pri

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