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Interesting.  Thanks for posting.  I did something similar.  I asked a buddy of mine who has 20+ years in the audio industry my weak link and he said it was my streamer.  So I asked Grok, with specifics of my system and Grok said streamer and I asked Gemini Pro and it said streamer.  I thought it was interesting there was agreement between AI and an expert person. 

Nice system. It looks very carefully chosen with nice details like vibration control.

But as @hilde45 says, it's all in the prompt. It is often useful to take a subject you are very familiar with and reword prompts about that subject and look at the response. With some experience one can get very good at getting exactly the question you want answered.

 

Just for fun, submit a photo of your system as well and see what the feedback is. Leave it a very open question...

In the words of a 1928 New Yorker cartoon “I say it’s spinach and I say the hell with it.”

Joking aside, I’ve been asking “is a better than b” and the ai answers often are incorporating what I believe to be marketing hype—either from the manufacturer’s website or more likely from a bad you tube reviewer parroting what he’s been told. In any case, it’s not quite trustworthy but it’s sorta trustworthy.

Ai does better with more general questions like “which technology has advanced more in the last five years, streamers or DACs. 
 

 

As for being exacting in word choice, the burden is on the technology.  Way too many variable in people’s language skills. In fact, one the the benefits of AI is that I don’t have to form a complete sentence to get a reasonable response. Years ago, I spent quite a few years as a reference librarian, both in public libraries and government R&D centers, and believe me, queries come in all shapes and forms and I actually think AI beats the the human is sussing out the real question.

I once spent a few minutes explaining that I could not identify a book titled  “Homeless Idiot.” When the patron insisted it was a classic and her son needed it for school the lightbulb went off: Homer’s Iliad. 

There is also the concept of prompting for great prompts.  Interview the AI agent and ask it what questions you need to answer for it to best answer your question.  Something like “If I were to ask you to find the weak link in my audio system what questions would you ask me to build a prompt to help you answer the question”.  I got this set of questions in a templates format from Gemini.

Copy and paste this template into your prompt, filling in as much detail as possible. The more blanks you complete, the more precise the diagnostic will be.

1. The Hardware Ecosystem

Speakers (Make & Model): [___]

Subwoofer(s) (Make, Model, & Quantity): [___]

Amplification (Integrated or Separates, Make & Model): [___]

Digital Source (Streamer, Transport, DAC): [___]

Analog Source (Turntable, Cartridge, Phono Stage): [___]

2. The Room and Positioning

Room Dimensions (L x W x H): [___]

Room Layout (Closed room, open-concept, L-shaped, etc.): [___]

Speaker Placement (Distance from front/side walls, distance apart): [___]

Listening Position (Distance from speakers): [___]

General Acoustics (Reflective/Hard vs. Damped/Soft): [___]

Treatments & DSP (Acoustic panels, bass traps, room correction software): [___]

3. Infrastructure

Interconnects (Make/Model, RCA vs. XLR): [___]

Speaker Cables (Make/Model): [___]

Power Delivery (Standard wall outlet, power conditioner, dedicated circuit): [___]

4. The Subjective Gap

System Strengths (What it already does well): [___]

The Symptoms (What feels constrained, e.g., muddy bass, harsh treble, flat soundstage): [___]

Reference Material (Specific tracks/genres where the system struggles): [___]

Primary Goal (What you want to achieve with the next upgrade): [___]