my delema now is that i'm still new in listening to audiophile music. Before, i usually listen to techno, trance and house music.
i agree with avphile, listen to your most favorite audiophile music over and over again using different demo set ups. always bring this CD whenever you go out to shop or windowshop for speakers or gears. then again, comparing speakers while playing the same tracks on your fave CD but using different gears would also mess up your selection process.
quite hard huh...it is really this painstaking if you wanted to achieve your most desired sound.
just to cite an example for you, i used to swap speakers after playing a single song for 3x and swap them back again after the same routine...i do this over and over until ive come up with a decision which speaker set is better. and this painstaking experiment i also did for the cdp, the preamp, the power amp, the interconnects, and the speaker cables...its a bit tiring but the reward i got could never be more fulfilling if i havent been through it.