r2khimself
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Does anyone know of different books, magazines, or websites where one might be able to understand the world of audio? Like what makes a certain amp work better with...x speakers, receiver, turntable, etc. Mostly, my goal is to know what gear would fit my listening habits and general knowledge of what to look for when purchasing new or used equipment.
Like I said, I'm pretty new to all of this stuff and any directions you could point me in would be helpful.
Like I said, I'm pretty new to all of this stuff and any directions you could point me in would be helpful.
Start with just google searching terms like" hifi", " audio equipment", " audio forums" (there's lots) "loudspeaker theory" "vintage stereo equipment" " audio amplifiers", "audio cables", "tuners","turntables" etc. then start clicking on everything and making bookmarks and sending shortcuts to the sites on your device. Register free to forums and read the threads even old ones. I'd say most of what you need to know is already here just start reading threads. When you find stuff you want to remember or read again mark that thread in top right corner as "Watch Thread". There's an option to receive an e-mail if any new postings hit the thread which is very handy. Most if not all questions you could ask have already been answered in the forums on one thread or another. You just have to look so start looking through threads clicking on different titles. You'll soon get a feel as to how they are titled if you want to read that thread or not. If you register multiple sites may I suggest making a word document to keep track of any usernames and passwords. Some sites require a number and/or an upper case letter in the password and then you're screwed cuz you'll never remember. Read a lot and take notes. Then repeat as required. You could also be searching kijiji and canuckaudiomart and others for used gear searching under receiver, speaker, turntable, cassette deck, cd player, equalizer etc. to get an idea of what's out there. Once you're in an ad if you want to check the specs on something copy the model name and/or number in the ad then go paste it in hifiengine to search it. If it's in the system you'll get the real specs. I think that's enough to keep you busy for a few minutes.....
