Quote Originally Posted by Rockwell
Your perspective is "Trust your ears," which is old as dirt. It is good advice, if only people followed it. Most people use their eyes and mind at the same time as their ears, which has a way of influencing the results.

Why spend $500, when you can spend $5? You may never know that you only have to spend $5 by listening to your salesmen, buddy, or some people on the internet. You can get boths sides of the story here, and you have that much more knowlege to use making your decision.
Thats the exact point I was making, but it is possible to use just your ears thats what their there for ( hearing), your eyes or nose will not process music for you so you have to trust your ears, there is no other way. As for spending money, I will only do so reluctantly and pay what I think is fair to myself regardless of what anyone else tells me. If I hear an improvement from something then I would evaluate if it is worthy of departing some of my hard earned cash for . Never rush into things!