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What is the most overlooked consideration?

What is the most overlooked consideration when buying a piece of audio gear? We all buy gear and we all have to make choices as to what component to get, what brand, etc. What is at the top of your criteria for choosing a piece and why? Synergy? reputation of brand ?hype your heard? it’s the best compliment to my system? warranty and service? I just wanted to try a cable? I only buy brands from the UK? Etc 

So you can tell what’s at the top of your list but mostly I want you to share what you think is a much overlooked consideration and why?
 

For myself I often think customer service gets overlooked as being very important.

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aewarren
709 posts
 

I have to wonder why so many contributors here are assuming that something as basic as room acoustics is being overlooked. Are they merely misunderstanding the question and confusing "overlooked" with "most important", two completely different things? I have no way of knowing but I really doubt that many people on this forum have overlooked the importance of their room as it applies to sound quality. Or maybe the assumption is that listeners outside of this forum are overlooking their rooms?

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limomangus
1,558 posts
 

Where you position your speakers and good cables,but you don't need cables that cost hundreds of dollars....

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perazzi28
245 posts
 

Many people building a system often underappreciate the Preamplifier. Be very careful and audition in your system without compromise.

mlapenta
112 posts
 

imho, people underestimate importance of clean power.  I put in a new dedicated 20amp service for my "rig".  I also spent 500 on a high end Furutech plug in the wall.  These two actions made a Huge difference in sound.  

devinplombier
675 posts
 

imho, people underestimate importance of clean power. I put in a new dedicated 20amp service for my "rig". I also spent 500 on a high end Furutech plug in the wall. These two actions made a Huge difference in sound.

That's two separate actions. The 20A home run to the panel may very well have made a difference for the better, depending on the state of your home wiring and the specifics of your system.

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