Top 10 Mistakes Audiophiles Make

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Thank you very much for sponsoring this video, we certainly appreciate it. Number 10 speaker stands come in all shapes and sizes. The advice I'm going to give doesn't apply to every speaker stand out there, but it does apply to many speaker stands if you buy a speaker stand that is hollow, meaning it has a cavity inside and there's nothing else. what an air, please hear me, please don't make the mistake of placing your bookshelf speakers on top of them and just playing them and thinking that everything will be fine filling up. those sand stands with uniform rice cat litter are always a good idea actually wait a second this is a hammer and this is a stand that is filled with cat litter it's made of metal okay this one is too a stand made It is made of metal and is filled with nothing that sounds cool.

He said no audiophile ever in the history of audio files. Oh, okay, I think I've made my point clear. Yes, if you use supports, make sure you fill them with something again. like I mentioned before you can use sand, you can use cat litter or you can go ahead and use rice, raw rice, listen to me, don't cook rice and put them on your speaker stands, that will just make a big mess and that one won't it's me. I wonder if that would improve the sound. Oh, okay, I have my notes here number nine talking about speakers.

Fans get the right height and this may seem like a no-brainer, but too often I get emails. I get questions that say how can I? Do you know what kind of speaker stand height I need? How do I know what advice you have for me? Ron, well my advice is pretty simple. You may need help with this. Have someone with a tape measure like you. When you are sitting in the listening position, determine where your ear is in terms of how high it is off the ground, which should be the speaker's reference point. Now it's easy to say that it will always be the tweeter most of the time.

Sometimes that's true, but not all the time, so what I'm saying is that you might want to know what the reference point of the speaker is, sometimes it's the tweeter and other times it's actually halfway between the tweeter and the woofer, so ask. The manufacturer finds out from them what they think if they can't help you then here comes number eight, trust the dealer for help. If you have just purchased something from World Wide Stereo then you should be able to contact them. Call them. them and say hello I just bought these speakers I just bought these speaker stands I'm trying to figure out where the reference point is on the speaker.

Can you guys do a little research and see if you can figure it out and if they're not? If I can find it, I'll eat my hat in a future video number seven, so if you ever find yourself doing some spring cleaning, decide to dust off the old rig, maybe tear it down, put it back together, or change out a few pieces of equipment. you sit down to listen and it sounds horrible, you don't know what the hell is going on but something is definitely not right and you can spend weeks and in some cases even months hating your equipment and you can't understand what the hell it really is Come on well, here's a little tip so you can check the polarity of your speaker cables.

I've made this mistake and I've had subscriber friends who have contacted me and made the same mistake and we can all laugh about it because I feel like we've all been there once or twice in our life as a hifi enthusiast, you actually tuned out everything, you put everything back together and in one of the speakers you reversed the polarity so that the positive becomes negative and the negative. on the positive and that my friends will drive a horrible sounding computer and you will be pulling your hair out trying to figure out what the hell is going on to make your system sound bad after you have made some changes, check the polarity Surprise yourself in company moments because you could be making this mistake and it's easy to overlook.

Alright, next up, this is a speaker spike and it's certainly something you should consider using. On the other hand, it is not a peak. This is an isolation device. They are the EVPs of AV Room Service. You can check the links below. I'm a big fan of these. I like the picks too, depending on the situation of the room you're working on, whether you know hardwood floors or if it has tile, if it has carpet, all of those things will determine what's going to be the right tool for the job, these guys , iso acoustics, this is also an isolation device, it is like a disk here and has a little elasticity. so anything that makes noise, anything that vibrates, look, I'm not here to sell you anything, but I would say you'd better explore these types of products and you'll be surprised at how much better your system can sound as soon as you start playing with it. peaks as soon as you start playing with isolation devices so consider peaks consider isolation devices they sure can make a difference without them now when it comes to your listening room something I would consider a lot is Take into account the acoustics of the room.

Consider what you are working with and understand that not every room we listen in can be converted into a dedicated listening room here in my house. I worked with my wife and we actually worked together to try to start our family. living room entertainment room as friendly as possible we want it to be cozy we want it to be warm there are a lot of different types of acoustic panels out there you can even make them yourself and that's very affordable but don't underestimate the importance of acoustics of the room, so here's a quick tip before you buy equipment, buy new music and what I mean by this is we could be listening to the exact same music every time we get bored of that music and we think, "I've heard all this a million times and my system doesn't sound any better.

I need to replace something. Listen, that could be the case, but what I encourage you to do is buy new music before making that decision because in my experience, once. as I start to dive into new music and explore new music, I hear my system in a whole new light and appreciate it even more as I start to dive into new music and explore new music, so that's certainly something I would absolutely recommend, so That one of the biggest mistakes I see time and time again is that the speakers are simply too close to the walls, move them away from the walls.

I'll leave a tutorial below. the secrets of the soundstage were revealed. I did it in a previous video for the Friday frequency. I highly recommend you take the time to watch it as it will give you a nifty little trick on how you can really get an incredibly amazing soundstage with your speakers and it's certainly not difficult to do. The bottom line is move the speakers away from the walls, don't worry about how they look, pay attention to how they sound, that's the most important thing and yes, I understand that you can't leave the speakers there. and in many cases that is my situation.

I have three small children now and I can't leave the speaker six feet from the room, but it's not that hard to take them out and put them back in when I'm done listening, so be prepared. Keep your speakers away from walls. I promise you will be in for a treat as soon as you start trying it and experimenting with it. You'll be surprised at how much better your system will sound now that this is a bit of a slippery slope. The truth is that many of you might be in a place where you cannot audition speakers before purchasing them.

I'm just saying if you have the option definitely do it there are audio shows if you can get a plane ticket or if there are you know hopefully close to town you can get to the show which is a fantastic way to at least experience the team to some extent, since they are in small hotel rooms and unless the manufacturer is really working hard and incorporating room acoustics, it is difficult to get fantastic sound in those rooms, but at least it will get you in the right direction, so the bottom line is to try to audition two speakers before making the purchase.

Last but not least, and I think this is the most important thing, is number one. on my list, pay attention to the reviews, pay attention to what critics have to say about things, but at the end of the day listen to me, trust your ears. I can't convey this enough, it's the most important tool you have in your bag of tricks. your own ears I can't tell you if you're going to like a speaker or not and I'm not going to tell you if you're going to like a speaker or not I can tell you my experience I can tell you According to my musical tastes, I can tell you, depending on the equipment I have in home, I can tell you, based on my listening room, with all the things I have working for me, what I hear and what I'm experiencing, but at the end of the day, what's unique to me is my experience, so that's my story, it doesn't mean that anything I'm celebrating or anything I might appreciate or like is an instant win for you, we all have different ears.

We all have different tastes and music and I think it's important that at the end of the day you like the way a speaker sounds and if you've heard me say things that don't really match what you're saying. If you're listening, okay, trust your ears, they won't lead you astray and that's the most important advice I can give you because our subjective enjoyment when it comes to listening to speakers, that's what reigns. You could talk about frequency response all day. we can talk about linear response all day we can talk about sensitivity all day none of that matters when it comes to whether or not you can sit down press play and enjoy the music thank you so much for stopping by.

I certainly appreciate it. I had a lot of fun making this one if you enjoyed this video please like it leave your comments below if you have recommendations or suggestions for videos that will be like this please let me know and yeah what about you? Guys, what are some of the mistakes you have made? Join the comments in the conversation below and we'll see you in the next video.