Here are some:
Cables are as important as circuit design.
You really don't need to understand a whit about circuit design or electrical engineering to intelligently evaluate different approaches by the various designers.
You can walk into an audition room and focus on the effect of one component alone, such as an amplifier, in a chain of many, and walk in to the same store another day, and focus on the effect of a different component, say a speaker, in the same chain of components.
Tone controls and room equalization can be made irrelevant by carefully choosing the right components.
Your ears and hearing are objective and stable listening devices.
"Burn-in" has nothing to do with your hearing and brain getting accustomed to a system, and everything to do with physical changes in components.
Live sound is better than home audio.
Home audio is a more essential experience than going to concerts.
That some speakers can blend with your furniture or are elegant furniture.
That WAF does not matter.
Cables are as important as circuit design.
You really don't need to understand a whit about circuit design or electrical engineering to intelligently evaluate different approaches by the various designers.
You can walk into an audition room and focus on the effect of one component alone, such as an amplifier, in a chain of many, and walk in to the same store another day, and focus on the effect of a different component, say a speaker, in the same chain of components.
Tone controls and room equalization can be made irrelevant by carefully choosing the right components.
Your ears and hearing are objective and stable listening devices.
"Burn-in" has nothing to do with your hearing and brain getting accustomed to a system, and everything to do with physical changes in components.
Live sound is better than home audio.
Home audio is a more essential experience than going to concerts.
That some speakers can blend with your furniture or are elegant furniture.
That WAF does not matter.