A principle guiding the wise audiophile life


There is one law, or best said a principle, guiding the wise audiophile life :
 
What matter is not the gear pieces price or his design, it is up to our budget limit to pick the right stuff for ourselves and our needs.
 
What matter is the way we installed together the mechanical,electrical and acoustical working dimensions of any chosen system/room...
 
As a consequence of this principle this is his corollary:
 
The mechanical electrical and acoustical controls,devices,tweaks, parameters, cannot be replaced by one another  if we want to reach an optimal result in sound quality.
 
Vibrations/resonance controls cannot replace or be replaced by acoustics parameters controls or EMI shielding and grounding for example.
 
The greatest error we can do is buying and  just "plug and play". Then upgrading a piece part by frustration or dissatisfaction, without learning how the whole system may,must,can behave in a  specific room for our specific ears (psycho-acoustics).
 
The other error will be to cure one problem with a gear upgrade before trying to understand what is the problem. 
 
 
This must be meditated by  any beginners before "upgrading" and after "upgrading"...
 
 There is no relation between a piece of gear or a system/room before and after his optimal mechanical,electrical and acoustical installation. None.
 
It is the reason why reviews do not tell all the truth there is to be tell ...
 
This resume what i have learned. 
 
What have you learned yourself ?
mahgister

Tough break for your buddy. No amount of room treatment was going to tame that tweeter. 

@bolong,

So the five o'clock shadow and Adam's Apple didn't give it away?

Not that hard to tell the difference between a rooster and a cat...🤔😀

@livinon2wheels 

That’s heartwarming to hear. You are a fortunate man.

I can say much the same about my wife. Except that there’s no benefit in it for her. She has no interest in sitting down to listen to music. It’s one thing we can’t share. I guess she’s too much of an activist.

I have a cousin who worked for OSHA all over the country and one of his stints landed him in The French Quarter. Being a local, he could spot the he-shes and he always got a kick at a club or bar watching visitors while away the time wooing one. It wasn't until their hand made its way up the skirt that they came to grips with gender fluidity, so to speak.

All the best,
Nonoise