If I am budgeting 10k it'd make sense to allocate 5 - 10% for travel/hotel or re-shipping costs. Anyway, I think 95% of forum advice is bs unless I'm careful to finely filter the real nuggets. Even then, I mostly miss the nuggets anyway since nugget mining is largely counter-intuitive going against commonly held audiophile beliefs.
Why do you give bad advice?
Now I'm not talking about different opinions or an honest mistake, but a response that is clearly bad advice. Here's just one example.
Poster states that due to living in a small town and no larger town in a reasonable driving distance, he has no way to audition, so he's looking for helpful advice in considering an upgrade.
Then I see responses like, listen to as many as you can before deciding, take whatever to your local dealer to see how well they match, or find a good brick and mortar dealer to audition.
I see this happening more, so maybe it's just a sign of the times that many don't take the time to read the entire post and only respond to the title.
OK, that's my little rant for the day.
Poster states that due to living in a small town and no larger town in a reasonable driving distance, he has no way to audition, so he's looking for helpful advice in considering an upgrade.
Then I see responses like, listen to as many as you can before deciding, take whatever to your local dealer to see how well they match, or find a good brick and mortar dealer to audition.
I see this happening more, so maybe it's just a sign of the times that many don't take the time to read the entire post and only respond to the title.
OK, that's my little rant for the day.