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Lessons I've Learned - Guidelines
"Knowledge increases by sharing but not by saving."
1. Avoid buying a sound system without demoing
2. Dont go by features. Never take any haste decision and fire all guns at a time. Ask, listen, compare, judge and buy. In sound, quality is the most important factor, not quantity which the benefit you will understand after few months of exp
3. Stick to your budget with a deviation +/-10%. Think about practical use than show off prior burning a hole in your pocket.
4. For small rooms, HTIBs are best bet, no Floor standers, no bookshelf. (You will never be able to utilize its true potential)
5. Invest in FS/BS + Centre channel of same model at a time as chances are there that the model phases out and you may never get same center channel later
6. Many AVR brands make people a real buffoon in output wattage. Please note the actual power @ all channel driven and take THD into account prior investment
7. Give proper earthing to your electronic equipments, its mandatory
8. A system worth 50K does not require cable/power worth 20K and on proportionate basis when the prices go up. It does not make any sense until you have plans to upgrade.
9. Optimal placement is very crucial for any speakers to perform, else you will end up in listening to junk piece radio worth lakhs
10. Many dealers have better knowledge about what happens in real world & they understand your requirement in a better way. You read more in forum, the more you are confused and will end up in buying something else which might not be of your requirement
11. Never drive your AVR/AMP with 1 channel at higher/lower DB (often it happens in auto setup) and try to make it 0 for both channels. If one channels sounds low, the probable reasons are larger distance or sound waves getting cancelled due to front wall reflections. Use sound absorbers/reposition your speakers instead pumping up volume in single channel and you are done. The reason being, at peak volumes, the higher rated channel will get heated up more and eventually damage the circuit on long run
12. Try to give clean power to your amp and it will sound better for sure. But remember, majority cases it is not required and the quality of transformer used in power source is more important than features, if you are emphasized on clarity. A perfectly winded normal transformer (with good copper) will give you better results than normal toroidal one.
13. Invest in good player /DAC + Transport + AVR/Amp + Cables + Speakers. Any compromise in any among these will ditch the entire setup
14. For those idiots who says expensive HDMIs does not make any difference, hell with you. It does make huge difference which is evident in audio and minor difference for video. Still not convinced ?? connect to a TV with higher HZ and watch action scenes closely. (Ponder are these manufactures crazy enough to price their cable 100$ + if it does not make any difference at all)
15. For those who claims as experts in many forums may not have the right knowledge to guide you and 90% time they share their exp which might not be useful to you
16. Bargain hard with dealers and check out prices with atleast 4 sellers, you will end up in a good discount for sure.
17. Dont judge your system so fast, give it some time to open up and see what actually it could do.
18. Once you properly set up everything, try to listen rather than tweaking as your majority time will be lost in tweaking, not enjoying
19. Clean your equipments regularly and cover it and unplug when not in use
20. Always remember, musicians are very happy with cheap audio systems at their home and beginners run after technology and brands
21. Forgot to mention, always go for higher amplification instead clinking to claimed 50-75W power for many systems. The reason being, you need to pump up volume for the speakers to open up to its best and its impossible to go above 50 during late night (you will find neighbours queuing in front of your flat
hyeah
. Also, try to opt for speakers above 89 db wherein you neither require bigger amp nor need to crank up for heavy listening
22. Lesser the cable distance between source (BDP/DAC/Laptop) and AVR/Amp, the better input signal and greater output.
One thing only I know, and that is that I know nothing.:signthankspin:
Pran.
"Knowledge increases by sharing but not by saving."
1. Avoid buying a sound system without demoing
2. Dont go by features. Never take any haste decision and fire all guns at a time. Ask, listen, compare, judge and buy. In sound, quality is the most important factor, not quantity which the benefit you will understand after few months of exp
3. Stick to your budget with a deviation +/-10%. Think about practical use than show off prior burning a hole in your pocket.
4. For small rooms, HTIBs are best bet, no Floor standers, no bookshelf. (You will never be able to utilize its true potential)
5. Invest in FS/BS + Centre channel of same model at a time as chances are there that the model phases out and you may never get same center channel later
6. Many AVR brands make people a real buffoon in output wattage. Please note the actual power @ all channel driven and take THD into account prior investment
7. Give proper earthing to your electronic equipments, its mandatory
8. A system worth 50K does not require cable/power worth 20K and on proportionate basis when the prices go up. It does not make any sense until you have plans to upgrade.
9. Optimal placement is very crucial for any speakers to perform, else you will end up in listening to junk piece radio worth lakhs
10. Many dealers have better knowledge about what happens in real world & they understand your requirement in a better way. You read more in forum, the more you are confused and will end up in buying something else which might not be of your requirement
11. Never drive your AVR/AMP with 1 channel at higher/lower DB (often it happens in auto setup) and try to make it 0 for both channels. If one channels sounds low, the probable reasons are larger distance or sound waves getting cancelled due to front wall reflections. Use sound absorbers/reposition your speakers instead pumping up volume in single channel and you are done. The reason being, at peak volumes, the higher rated channel will get heated up more and eventually damage the circuit on long run
12. Try to give clean power to your amp and it will sound better for sure. But remember, majority cases it is not required and the quality of transformer used in power source is more important than features, if you are emphasized on clarity. A perfectly winded normal transformer (with good copper) will give you better results than normal toroidal one.
13. Invest in good player /DAC + Transport + AVR/Amp + Cables + Speakers. Any compromise in any among these will ditch the entire setup
14. For those idiots who says expensive HDMIs does not make any difference, hell with you. It does make huge difference which is evident in audio and minor difference for video. Still not convinced ?? connect to a TV with higher HZ and watch action scenes closely. (Ponder are these manufactures crazy enough to price their cable 100$ + if it does not make any difference at all)
15. For those who claims as experts in many forums may not have the right knowledge to guide you and 90% time they share their exp which might not be useful to you
16. Bargain hard with dealers and check out prices with atleast 4 sellers, you will end up in a good discount for sure.
17. Dont judge your system so fast, give it some time to open up and see what actually it could do.
18. Once you properly set up everything, try to listen rather than tweaking as your majority time will be lost in tweaking, not enjoying
19. Clean your equipments regularly and cover it and unplug when not in use
20. Always remember, musicians are very happy with cheap audio systems at their home and beginners run after technology and brands
21. Forgot to mention, always go for higher amplification instead clinking to claimed 50-75W power for many systems. The reason being, you need to pump up volume for the speakers to open up to its best and its impossible to go above 50 during late night (you will find neighbours queuing in front of your flat
hyeah. Also, try to opt for speakers above 89 db wherein you neither require bigger amp nor need to crank up for heavy listening22. Lesser the cable distance between source (BDP/DAC/Laptop) and AVR/Amp, the better input signal and greater output.
One thing only I know, and that is that I know nothing.:signthankspin:
Pran.
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