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The 5 stages of making a bad audio purchase

This is tongue in cheek people, so let’s keep the replies light shall we?
The 5 Stages of Making a Bad Audio Purchase:

1. Denial: "My system, which before was of course totally awesome, is now totally awesomer! The sound stage isn’t just 3 dimensional any more, it is 4 dimensional. I can feel fingers sliding across guitar strings, drums are like my head is against the snare, and the bass goes 10hz lower ...."

2. Anger: "WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DON’T BELIEVE MY SYSTEM WENT FROM AWESOME TO AWESOMER!!!. You obviously have a crap system, your ears are crap, you are just jealous."

3. Bargaining: "Hey, this gadget will make your already awesome system totally awesomer! 60% of MFR list is a great deal for it! That’s 40% off and you don’t even have to pay tax. I am only selling it because I am upgrading to the even awesomer version 2. My loss is your gain."

4. Depression: "I can’t believe I spent $5,000 on this thing ....."

5. Acceptance: "Sure, 75% off list is fair."
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geoffkait
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mwoh419
”>>>>I don’t think I’ve seen so many logical fallacies crammed into one post since the last time I read one of your windy screeds. The anger and frustration jumps right out at you. "

Really???

" When I am on my death bed, though, there is one thing I am absolutely certain of. When I look back on life, having an audio system better than 99.9% of the population will not even make it into the top 10 of things I was grateful for. "

Sounds to me like someone who has their head on straight. ;)

>>>>Apparently you never heard of a strawman argument. 😬 Nobody ever said he wanted a system better than 99.9% of the population or valued audio over everything else. Duh!
fleschler
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My wife heard the Von Schweikert/VAC/Kronos/etc. $1.4 million audio system at a show and said that's the one she wants.  I can't afford it and it is too large for my listening room.  But that's the one she wants which is better than 99.9% of what the audiophile population owns.  No, the Von Schwekert Ultra 9 won't work for us either, it's too large as well.  
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Well, Looking on the bright side at a minimum it would be BIGGER than 99.9% of the population. 🤡 Von Schweikert uses that 35K internal wiring UPGRADE from NASA. Gosh, I wonder if that’s the same stuff they used on Challenger. 🤡 note to self: Today is looking up already and I haven’t even had breakfast yet! 🤗 By the way, the Million Dollar Wisdom Audio system at the show in Vegas circa 2002 featuring 18 count em! Jeff Rowland amplifiers was a giant flop. But it was BIGGER than 99.9% of the population. 🤗 Now that I think about it so was the BIG Infinity Reference/Audio Research tube system a flop at the Show in DC circa 1980.
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erik_squires6,978 posts11-12-2019 11:42pmTreat your room first.


I am with you and I regret someone in the past had not insisted vehemently on me to make that room treatment the first thing to think about with my audio system...(mechanical vibrations controls included and electrical grid treatment also ) 
fleschler
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geoffkait  Again, you're talking out of your ....  You haven't heard the system and your dismissing it as garbage.  Dozens of audio critics spent hours listening to that system all over the U.S. and thought it was the most entrancing music reproduction system ever.  Grow up!
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