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July 2009

Book Review: Get Better Sound By Jim Smith
Do you want maximum enjoyment from the gear you already have?
Article By Nels Ferre
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I first spoke to Jim Smith bytelephone years ago, when he was the U.S. Avantgarde Acoustics loudspeakerdistributor and I was just a neophyte reviewer. I had called him to secure apair of Avantgarde Unos for review, a request which he politely declined. Eventhough I was just starting out, he was a gentleman, and treated me as if I wasone of the 'big boys.'

As the years went by, I noticed that his advertisementsoffered a free publication called 31 Secretsto Better Sound. I never called for my copy. While I thought it was agood promotional idea, I felt that he couldn't possibly tell me anything that Ididn't already know, not in 31 free tips. after all I was a Reviewer.And it was free.Everybody knows you can't get something for nothing. By then, my interest in theUnos had waned, so it seemed like I would be taking advantage of his offer, as Ihad no intent to purchase.

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I might not have been so stupid if I had known a bit moreabout the man. First, he has been around high end audio nearly as long as I havebeen alive. Set up correctly, evengiven their limitations, I love Magneplanars. Jim Smith worked at the factoryand penned the owner's manuals for three different models. He has worked on theretail side of the business, both as a salesperson (we share common ground) aswell as a shop owner. As a distributor, he has won numerous 'Best Sound of Show'awards. If you have not attended a show, the rooms vary from mediocre to bad asfar as the conditions that manufacturers and distributors must endure. Gettinggreat sound at an audio show is the auditory equivalent of turning lemons intolemonade. Actually it is harder than that, the analogy I would really like touse involves chicken salad. You know what I mean. Jim Smith has experience.

When Jim and I spoke about me reviewing GetBetter Sound, he was rather apologetic. 'It's not written technically'he told me. Besides the great advice given within its 293 pages, that is what Ireally like about it. Literally anyone can take the information within the bookand use it to improve the system they already have. One does not need to be astereo geek. The book does not ask the reader to buy things; it asks that thereader do things.

Most people are aware that speaker placement can make or breaka system's performance. Get Better Sound showsstep by step how to achieve top notch speaker placement. One does not need tohave a top notch system to take advantage of the concepts within the book. Ihave had lots of different pieces of equipment through the years, resulting insystems that ranged in price from less than $500 (in the mid 80's used) to morethan $20,000. To this day, that used less than $500 system is still one of myfavorites. It wasn't that the gear was stellar, although it wasn't bad (aMarantz receiver, Dual turntable, Grado cartridge, and a pair of Large Advents)it was that it was setup to work with theroom, not against it. This synergy between the room and the system is the majorpremise of Get Better Sound.

I have a far nicer system these days, but I could have enjoyedmy music more and saved a ton of cash had I followed another of Jim's concepts-actually gleaned from a local men's clothing store- have a road map! If you wantto travel from one state to another, you would look at a road map, wouldn't you? Yet, audiophiles will buy a new (insert shiny, probably expensive) piece ofequipment in the attempt to get, well, somewhere. And we do it again, and again, and again. We need a plan. It is aninteresting concept that honestly never crossed my mind.

How much did you spend on speaker cables, or that shiny newamp in your rack? Do you want maximum enjoyment from the gear you already have?Maybe you are just starting to think about buying a nice system, and areconfused by the myriad of choices and conflicting advice online. While Ihave recommended numerous pieces of gear as good values, even great ones, I havenever believed in a 'Best Buy' until now. No matter what your system consistsof, or what type of music you enjoy, spend the $44.50 for GetBetter Sound. For the price of a few CDs, you can improve the soundof every CD in your collection- and that is what I call a best buy.

Author's Reply
Editor:

Thanks to Nels Ferre for reviewing GetBetter Sound. Nels got the concept of GBS.It is not a textbook with indecipherable text and graphs. Nor is it about how toget you to buy more gear. It's about getting the best from what you alreadyhave.It's really about empowering folks who, for whateverreason, no matter how bright they are, no matter how successful they may be intheir chosen field, have simply never heard their system perform at a level that'sclose to it's true potential. Sadly, from my experiences gained from visitingmany hundreds of ardent audiophile music lovers, virtually none of them wereenjoying the full impact from their systems.

Thousands of audiophiles have bought GBS.My goal is for each of them to obtain a far more significant improvement fromemploying the tips and techniques in GBSthan they could ever get from buying any new component, at any price.Iwould like to mention an additional aspect of GetBetter Sound. That's the quarterly newsletters that are free to GBSreaders. Called Quarter Notes, they feature topics that weren't covered in GBS,or they may expand on topics that are in GBS.Also, there are guest articles from reviewers and industry personnel, as well asnot-particularly-politically-correct observations from the author (me).

Best regards,

Jim Smith

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