9 HI-FI TRICKS YOU MIGHT NOT BELIEVE AFFECT SOUND QUALITY (BUT THEY DO)

There are a lot of falsehoods bandied around regarding the behavioural particulars of hi-fi devotees and audiophiles, from playing only vinyl, to demanding gold-plated cables, and listening only to Pink Floyd. And yet some of the more fantastical theories you may have heard relating to improving the sound of your system… might just work.

Yes, we’re opening the can of worms that is hi-fi myths, legends, tips and tricks, and putting a What Hi-Fi? approved tick next to some suggestions that you might have never heard or simply never believed. Trust us, listening at night really can make your music sound better.

After all, bringing music into our homes is utterly magical. We’re hard-pressed to think of a single life event that wasn’t rendered unique by the sounds that accompanied it. But our senses are clearly capable both of facilitating a huge wealth of emotion and outright deceiving us. It stands to reason, therefore, that the towering tales surrounding hi-fi grow taller with every spin of a 180 gram vinyl disc.

So, of all the hi-fi yarns you might have been spun over the years, which should