Audio nuggets YOU have learned along the way...

You baited me into an "argument", congrats.

Anyway, I think you took my post way too literally, and for some reason got defensive about your "rig" that I haven't had the "luxury" of hearing.

Think of my comment less about the physical sounds being produced, and more of the feeling of musical enjoyment and satisfaction that you normally associate with a listening session.

I'm sure you've had experiences where you sit down and try to get into some tunes and it just doesn't grab you, or something sounds a little off to you. No, a tube hasn't gone out, and the balance setting is still where it was yesterday. Nothing has physically changed. It's just that for some reason, your perception of the sound isn't quite the same, or your brain isn't releasing the same endorphins or amount of dopamine.

That's all I meant, that sometimes your system isn't going to "perform" up to your expectations. But then in a few days when you turn it on again, it'll be back to having that magic.

nooshinjohn wrote: »

And you missed the point of my post, which is to illustrate that what I have learned is that in this hobby, somebody is always ready to start an argument over the stupidest of things, including a misunderstanding. Now if only we could get you to use the quote feature correctly, perhaps some of those could be avoided.

Clipdat wrote: »

Think of my comment less about the physical sounds being produced, and more of the feeling of musical enjoyment and satisfaction that you normally associate with a listening session.

I'm sure you've had experiences where you sit down and try to get into some tunes and it just doesn't grab you, or something sounds a little off to you. No, a tube hasn't gone out, and the balance setting is still where it was yesterday. Nothing has physically changed. It's just that for some reason, your perception of the sound isn't quite the same, or your brain isn't releasing the same endorphins or amount of dopamine.

That's all I meant, that sometimes your system isn't going to "perform" up to your expectations. But then in a few days when you turn it on again, it'll be back to having that magic.

I think I get what you're saying. I'm that way when it comes to enjoying movies. If I've had a bad day or am frustrated about something, sometimes I'll watch a movie to "escape" and I find that the movie is really bad. Then I'll have a chance to watch the same movie a couple years later and I'm like, "Wow, that movie was great, I'd put that in my top ten!"

I have about twenty movies in my top ten.

Wow, that's got to hurt!!

What a shame. I hate stupid people who think a sheet of newspaper is supposed to cushion an object during shipping. Reminds me of the chess set I bought off eBay 6 months ago or so. The box was destroyed and by the grace of God only, the chess set I bought was undamaged. It was a miracle.

I was expecting something like those speakers experienced, total destruction.

Gear sounds better when it's warm and up to temp, so let your system play music for at least 20 minutes (or more) before doing any critical listening.