of course you can trust your ears and eyes, what a mad statement to make!
a good system will engage you with its reproduction of the disc... music hits your senses - sound. The closer the system can get to the original recording the more engaged you'll be with that sound. Cabling, isolation...
upgrading op amps can make a huge difference but you have to know what you're doing. I'v had equipment extensively upgraded by a pro and the accumulative results of all the various upgraded bits have had made a massive difference to sound quality.
A few more
Kenny Larkin - Metaphor
Basic Channel - BCD
Moodymann - Black Mahogany
Audiojack - Radio
Maurizio - M Series
Moodymann - A Silent Introduction
I can live without hi-fi but not without music (if you know what I mean)
The hi-fi has been all packed away over the last couple of months as we are doing the house up and I've been listening to most music through an old Kenwood mini system that we have in the kitchen or straight off the...
Lots of people can hear the differences between a cheap cable and a luxury cable whether it’s speaker cable, interconnects or mains , it's not all in your head as the hard of hearing among us would have some believe.
Will be auditioning some Tellurium speaker cable as soon as the new speakers...
Great to hear about your findings CJSF. I have to say that I was a bit skeptical of these types of products but hearing is believing. The Tacima is a bargain. The mains conditioner that I use effectively filters both high and low frequency noise and the system sounds cleaner and more open.