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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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@mapman

 

If they fit your room and budget, kef ls60s and done.

Better than Ohm? They must be something special.

jmalen123
143 posts
 

Remember, everything matters but nothing is required. Play it loud.

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grh1958
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Stay out of the hot sun.

bmontani
192 posts
 

It is a marathon so don'tbe impatient.  This is one of the things in life where the journey may be more fun than the destination.  

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tunefuldude
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As long as we're giving advice here, my advice to someone who's brand new to this hobby and wants to get their absolutely biggest bang for their buck ... the is pretty bold but bigger than anything anyone has mentioned yet ... is to save your pennies until you can score a nice used Lyngdorf tdai 1120. Of course, you'll need a source also ... but one nice thing about the Lyngdorf approach is the way you can utilize the different optional modules as needed for streaming or phono.

 

Two other nice things about the Lyngdorf approach is that their Room Perfect software will immediately, and to great effect, remove whatever "room issue" you will have otherwise. And it will make (literally) whatever speakers you decide to use sound as those speakers were meant to sound by the manufacturer.

 

From there, you can figure out your position on the cabeling issue and save your pennies to improve your sound. But it will already rival a lot of the people's systems who're commenting on this thread.

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