Find speakers you like and then find an amplifier that can drive them.

If you're happy with your system and it sounds good to you, that's all that really matters.

The greatest song can't be played. The greatest gear makes no sound.

Trust your ears!

Trust your ears.

Read. Find plateaus in pricing. Sometimes even doubling the money you are willing to spend will not get you more value. Define your need and set strong goals of what you expect. Buying is an addiction, get past it soon to enjoy the music you love. After all, it's all about the music.

Never buy something if you haven't tried it in your room/system and never trust a dealer who does not allow this.

Use your ears on mjusic you are familiar with in your room at the volume level you like to listen when auditioning new audio components. Anything else is a crap shoot.

Often so-called audiophiles are searching for a particular sound that they like to hear. Maybe a particular sound that is not necessarily faithful to the original; hence not really "high fidelity" as the term was originally meant to be. If "sizzle-boom" is what you want then don't call yourself an audiophile - try "sound freak" instead. There are certain characteristics of reproduced live sound that are as real time as the original as it can get: Smoothness, Clarity, Accuracy, Naturalness. SCAN Sound. If you can achieve all four of these in your system of choice, you have it!

Don't give clinical approach to music, emotion is more important and each require its own ''color'' to activate it.