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Re: IME, knowing one's preferences is key

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How can anyone tell you what you like? Simple. They cannot. The "black art aspects" have to do with mating your preferences against those offered. Look how long it took you to discover what sound you really like? I have yet to hear a system that was a "must have" perform up to those same expectations without implementing some serious time with placement and room acoustic changes. Luck is when it is much better than expected. You certainly would not automatically know it would be much better by osmosis; until you try and listen.

It is All subjective and this would be something you can place under the black art catagory due to the fact that: I could take your system as is, place it in a room that is nonconducive to the display YOU like and in turn, you would not like it in that setting.

The cumulation of the room, amplifiers, loudspeakers, source material and personal taste simply are so varied to have it ALL work out anytime, anyplace. This is where skill comes to play. Luck does come to play when someone purchases a rig that is very inexpensive and overall, it seems to be a crowd pleaser in multiple rooms, multiple environments. Common sense is the cumulation of aquired skills through experimentation and implementation. In many parts, it is not too common at all.

I do agree that you need to know what you like. Hearing the goals in your head is another description. We can also grow accustomed to a certain sound quality/signature and it can grow old. In this case, another leap of faith is of order. Then, the variation in source quality is to noted. Some songs sound great everywhere and others are picky as to which system/envoronment they sound good at all on. We all have bad productions in collection.


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