A good way to go about things James.
Your ears, your system.

Similar to myself,
unless its a "fun punt" under £50 then I'll have a go, for funsies.

The Mystery Box
For myself I reckon have mains noise covered anyway running everything from the big balanced mains unit.

Always fun to play with thi stuff of course,
Handy if your mates a Hifi Dealer!





Quote Originally Posted by Jimbo View Post
My process for evaluating and buying equipment.

1. Borrow piece of kit that I intend to incorporate in my system and listen to it in my system.

2. Find out how much it costs and then decide if the price is commensurate with performance upgrade.

3. Read all the technical articles and sales fluff.

4. If I cannot at least get to try a piece of kit in my house I would at least try listening to it at a dealers or in someone else's system.

5. Ponder for a few months if I really need or can afford to buy new piece of kit.

6. If it is absolutely great value and I cannot live without it - BUY.