Comments on: Avoid Gear Acquisition Syndrome

By: CMack

CMack — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:27:21 +0000

Exactly! Agreed, 100%.
There are times when I find myself doing the same thing, looking at components in catalogs online, and hovering over that “Add to Cart” button.

Next time that happens, I’ll have to make sure I’ve got this article set to play in a text-to-speech reader or something… >_<

By: OliverJW

OliverJW — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:56:12 +0000

I suffer Gear Acquisition Syndrome myself when it comes to computers. I want a newer faster GPU, I want the computer to be quieter, so I’ll get a bigger better fan, but wait, what about a PSU? I understand well the urge to buy the latest and it takes a lot of will power to resist as well.

The computer I have is over five years old. It’s showing it’s age but other than increasing it’s RAM to a GB and installing a 512MB card, it’s pretty much the same. There will be a time when it’ll have to be replaced entirely, but for now, the little that I’ve added has been more than enough for my purposes allowing me to avoid Gear Acquisition Syndrome for the most part.

So to people unsure if they should get something, they should ask themselves if it’s possible to buy just one or two things to improve the whole. Do it in stages if you must, but check to see if you can’t get better returns buying small than large.

By: Keith

Keith — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:41:48 +0000

Too true. Doing the shows I’ve done for the past few years has shown me that my good equipment can perform nearly as well as the big boys when the post-production is done correctly. A little knowledge and OK equipment can go a long way.

Once you get the content down, then get some gear to tweak your sound if necessary.