It's great that someone revived this older thread, which I hadn't seen. Here are my two cents:
1. If you can, dedicate a space for your gear and make that room audiocentric; and even if you can't set up a listen room, spend time positioning your speakers and dialing in their location in your room.
2. Know whats possible, visit as many showrooms as you can tolerate and try to connect with local people who are in to audio.
3. Learn how to listen critically; build your own personal list of reference recordings and sit with someone who can help you learn to hear subtle differences bn gear (think of it like a wine tasting: when you initially start you may be able to detect subtle differences bn products but may not have the language to describe those differences very well).
4. Youll generally get much more satisfaction out of new music than new gear.
5. Be patient in assessing audio gear; youll hear new things with different music.
enjoy.
e
1. If you can, dedicate a space for your gear and make that room audiocentric; and even if you can't set up a listen room, spend time positioning your speakers and dialing in their location in your room.
2. Know whats possible, visit as many showrooms as you can tolerate and try to connect with local people who are in to audio.
3. Learn how to listen critically; build your own personal list of reference recordings and sit with someone who can help you learn to hear subtle differences bn gear (think of it like a wine tasting: when you initially start you may be able to detect subtle differences bn products but may not have the language to describe those differences very well).
4. Youll generally get much more satisfaction out of new music than new gear.
5. Be patient in assessing audio gear; youll hear new things with different music.
enjoy.
e