Does the brandname of a product influence your audio purchase? How?
In the last poll, many of you named companies you felt could be depended upon to deliver the goods. How important is a product's brandname when you decide what to purchase?
Does your audio system sound better after it "warms up?" Do you have an idea why?
Have you ever noticed that your audio system sounds better after it's been on for a while?
Does your system have remote control?
Reader Gerald Neily is curious about the control issues our readers have. He would like to know if you use a remote with your audio system, and if so, how do you use it?
Does your system sound different to you when other people are listening critically to it?
Have you ever had a pal over to listen to your system, only to find under the scrutiny of the audition that you hear your system differently than when you were alone?
Does your system sound the same all the time, or does it sound better at some times than others?
Reader Mike Agee says that at one time his system exhibited a "moodiness" where the sound would vary from day to day. Does your system sound the same all the time, or does it sound better at some times than others?
Does your system's sound quality vary from day to day?
Is it the atmosphere? The power line? Your brain? Does your system's sound quality vary from day to day?
Forget about sound quality, what percentage of your music collection is great music?
Not every disc is an artistic or performance winner, but some of us seem to end up with more junk than we'd like to admit. Forget about sound quality, what percentage of your music collection is great music?
Forget about the quality of the music—what percentage of your music collection sounds great?
Sometimes our favorite music sounds like crap, and sometimes the best-sounding work in our collection is an artistic failure, but we keep the thing anyway. Forget about the quality of the music, what percentage of your music collection sounds great?
Forget about the tune itself, what is your favorite song title of all time?
You may not care for the music, but sometimes a song's title will catch your fancy. Forget about the tune itself, what is your favorite song title of all time?
Forget musical merit. What is the best-sounding disc you have in your collection?
Let's focus on sound for this week. (We'll zero-in on the music next week.) When you want to hear how good a recording can sound, what do you go for? Forget musical merit. What is the best-sounding disc you have in your collection?