Seek advice on forums but always listen to your own ears!
I’m starting this thread because in our hobby there are no absolutes. You as an audiophile will bring a different experience. You will have different equipment, speakers,room, experience level and level of equipment. Be careful seek the advice but you never know who is giving it to you. Trust your ears not random measurements from random people. Some folks are not who they say they are.
calvinj OPIn my book you are an experienced audiophile and you had more to offer than most ... We are not all idiots ... I personally want more people with experience in the industry as designer or sellers reviewers etc... Why not ? It increase the discussion depth and the expertise pools... Even the average user is biased as i am as all simple user and audiophile ... Why refusing the opinion of someone affiliated with a brand name ? Our biases are not only negatives they may be and are positives also ...
If all is in the open it is a + not a - for all of us .. Dont bother with narrow minds ...
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You can only trust your ears if you have good ears and know what to listen for. Otherwise it can really be helpful to take advice and direction from others. Unfortunately it can be hard to figure out what is good advice and what's not. What I mean to say is that trusting your own ears has its limitations. |
@lalitk the proof is in the ears. No one can talk you into buying smthg if it sounds bad if you do your own research and put in the work. Yes I would love to,sell a lot of gear. But if I don’t sell a thing it’s fine. I don’t live off that. I have a business I been running 2 decades. I actually let people demo before they buy in a lot of cases. We will be at Axpona in room 476 in the Chicago Area on April 12,13,14. We will be in Dallas at the lone star Audiofest June 7,8,9th. We will be in California Audiofest June 7,8,9th. We will be at pacific Audiofest and Capitol Audio fest later in the year. You can come see us. I’m not hiding the fact that I sell gear. But I’m an audiophile first. If you don’t buy a thing I want you to learn from my experiences and maybe I can learn from yours as well. |
@mahgister well said. I think it’s good to,gain perspectives from different people we all have different experiences. I tell people. That the gear I’m affiliated with I own because to me it sounded great. It might not be for everybody. Some guys like tubes. Some like warmth. Some like hug soundstages. We all have our preferences but I have owned or long demoed at least 15 Amps in the last 20 years. I have had at least 10 pre amps and at 10 to 15 sources. I have tried 50 different speaker cable brands. I have heard systems from 200.00 to 1.2million dollars. I try to share as much as I can. |
