I think the best thing for a beginner to know is that system synergy is everything. The way your speakers fit your room and component matching will have the largest effect on the final sound.
What I mean is that you match you speakers to your room and your amp to your speakers etc.
You can not read a positive review and buy an amplifier (for example) and expect it to perform the same in your system as the article told you it performed in their system, the synergy between YOUR components will determine the outcome instead.
What I mean is that you match you speakers to your room and your amp to your speakers etc.
You can not read a positive review and buy an amplifier (for example) and expect it to perform the same in your system as the article told you it performed in their system, the synergy between YOUR components will determine the outcome instead.