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In Reply to: RE: Some advice? Left Naim, tubes aren't working and McIntosh is a dissapointment posted by Vik on August 28, 2016 at 20:15:00:
It's hard enough to put together a good system without constraining oneself to glowing meters and other aesthetic concerns.
Some good thoughts in this thread, I may repeat some.
1. If he can't get them to sound good, why is he sticking with the speakers?
2. Is he cartridge any good? At least cd is consistent, maybe he should be testing with that for now, or at least comparing it to his phono setup to be sure the phono setup is as good or better.
3. He should run as much equipment through as possible, without buying (friends, borrowing from stores, etc.) to get a handle on what he likes and does not. This includes speakers. Sometimes I see guys stick to lousy speakers just because they have some illogical connection or bias toward them, and it's a way to get stuck with terrible sound forever when one does that.
4. Some guys have a knack for noting equipment that sounds like music in a short listening session, others just seem lost forever. It is a tough and frustrating hobby for the latter and no amount of advice ever seems to turn this type around as they are often stubborn and insist on making their own bad choices forever. They often get sucked into crazy stories by deluded but passionate and dogmatic designers and stick to those, trying to build a system around them. No amount of help seems to change this type.
I think your friend should try borrowing some different speakers. If he says he likes his, ask him why, if they don't sound good. If he cites a situation where they did sound good ask what equipment made them sound so, and why he is not using that equipment.
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