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Originally Posted by RRuskin
Lastly, one of the reasons many people can't hear any qualitative difference between "margarine" & "high-priced" spread units is because their monitor chains are to put it politely, pretty lame. (
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I think this is the most important point. I believe I prefaced my first comments on this by saying the preamp won't matter unless the rest of your chain is good as well. I have taken tracks that are night and day different on my studio monitors, and hear *zero* difference between them when played on my mid-tier Mythos home theater system. At the same time, my mastering guy hears stuff on his even better speakers, in his acoustically optimized environment, that I can't hear on my pretty decent studio monitors. If you can't hear it, you can't adjust it, or even determine what is "better".
Another reason to try before you buy. If you can't hear any difference, spend the money on something that does make a difference in what you hear first.