Truth of the audio

If you want the audio which has good sound, please believe your ears only. Your eyes and prejudices and opinions of the people will not be reliable.

Does the audio have a difference that is proportional to the price?

You have been deceived by the price, design information, or material, haven't you ? Don't you choose the equipment by the blind test in order to avoid the placebo effect ?

If you want to select the best sound in the limited budget, there may be some good tips below.

Article about the blind test

I'll tell you about the article have been in the blind test to compare the audio quality.

Journalist Accepts $1 Million Challenge: Do $7250 Cables Sound Better or Not?: Gizmodo 2012/2/27 new

But, Pear Audio CEO Adam Blake had not come...

Audiophile Deathmatch: Monster Cables vs. a Coat Hanger: Gizmodo 2012/2/27 new

Not only "after 5 tests, none could determine which was the Monster 1000 cable or the coat hanger wire," but no one knew a coat hanger was used in the first place.

Comparison of Basic system and High End system (in Spain, right photo) 2012/2/27 new

Five audiophiles failed to recognize the difference even compared to Basic (cheap) system (700 US$) and High End system (12,000 US$ or more) with the same speakers (ATC SCM 12). It is interesting that the Bassic system used the wooden chair for the audio rack. (They answered--- 14 persons liked Basic, 10 persons liked High End , 14 persons didn't recognize the difference.)