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Have you "lied" to yourself?

It is time for the utmost honesty. How many of you have made a fairly costly upgrade/purchase and weren't able to hear any difference (even if you struggled, it wasn't very obvious), but convinced yourself the difference was there (to avoid feeling embarrassed/taken, or facing that you don't have "golden ears")?

There's no need to mention the brand/manufacturer, but do mention the type of component as it would be interesting to see whether this type of thing happens more often with preamps, amps, cables, or sources (I doubt it ever happens with speakers).

I'll start. I'm guilty of spending about $600 upgrading speaker my cables and couldn't hear much of a difference.
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tony194444
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Well...In this hobby? ...Who do you believe?...I did find
that a power conditioner improved the bass sound...I live
in Barrington NH...on a dirt road...and there must be a lot
of power surges...I just keep trying different things...One
up grade that worked out well for me was to connect another
reciever with an aux and connect two pair of speakers...one
set of speakers is only 4 inches from the ceiling...I like
the sound...plus I can control them with balance and tone
controls independently from my main speakers...I can now do
a lot more fine tuning....I can create the sweet spot.
tony194444
9 posts
 
Well...In this hobby? ...Who do you believe?...I did find
that a power conditioner improved the bass sound...I live
in Barrington NH...on a dirt road...and there must be a lot
of power surges...I just keep trying different things...One
up grade that worked out well for me was to connect another
reciever with an aux and connect two pair of speakers...one
set of speakers is only 4 inches from the ceiling...I like
the sound...plus I can control them with balance and tone
control..independently from my main speakers...I can create
a nice sweet spot any where in the room..Tony
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