... you have an instant gut wrenching reaction when somebody says they just bought a new Bose sound system. |
Audiogon is more interesting than (real) porn |
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You laugh (inside) when people post negative
comments about gear or tweaks that they have not
auditioned. (They don't deserve to experience what they are
missing!) It is as if they imagine a negative outcome
and feel compelled to demonstrate their ignorance by writing
about it. "Here I am," they are shouting, just when they
might be better served by examining their own assumptions. |
You've done loads of research and footwork in order to make sure your ears are as clean as possible so that you're not missing any detail in your rig.
You take notes on how two different speaker cables sound because you don't trust your audio memory alone.
You set your rig up and then had interconnects made in the shortest lengths possible. Of course no cables touch each other or the ground.
You've thought about unplugging everything in your home before a listening session, except your stereo, in order to have the cleanest power possible.
Your rig sounds better at night, and you realized this before anyone told you. Upon finding this out, you wake up in the middle of the night to see how it sounds at 3 a.m.
You start buying stereo equipment for friends and family not because you think they will enjoy it, but because when you are with them, at least you'll have something decent to listen to.
You have speakers in your car where the dead pedal is and your foot goes numb because there is no comfortable place to put it.
You've bought a pair of speakers again that you already owned and sold because you think they might sound better with your new front end, and they do!
You've moved your speakers a quarter of an inch here and an eighth of an inch there so many times that the carpet has hundreds of holes in it.
You've taken into consideration the sonic properties of your listening chair.
When showing off your system, you try to stand in the room where your body might act as a bass trap. |
You have big ears.
The better to hear you with my dear. |
your stereo system is your highest priority, and/or, your stereo system ( a material thing) takes precedence over human relationships. |
you cannot listen to your system off the sweet spot |
Jedinite,
If your baby refuses to drink his/her bottle after you replace the stock cord.... you got a junior audiophile in the making!! |
You get into spats about vinyl vs digital are forever buying new DAC's or obsess about VTA.
Throw a fit and threaten divorce if your wife moves your speakers.
Talk about how holographic your system is and how well it images to your non audiophile friends and you just get a blank look in reply.
Spend a fortune on bits of wire with shiny things hanging off the ends of them.
Or you could just chill and enjoy the music your choice. |
You could use a 30 minutes option on Recent Discussions. |
02-16-13: Brownsfan
I have a friend that dreamed he turned into a rather large 300b tube. He, my friends, is an audiophile No, thats an acid fiend !!!!!!! |
I have a friend that dreamed he turned into a rather large 300b tube. He, my friends, is an audiophile. |
you rule out certain homes, while house-hunting, purely on the basis that they can't accommodate the needs of your system. (Non-Fiction). |
given all of the myriad options available to you on the Internet, you are on an 'audio chat group' at past midnight. And think some of the pictures of gear are really, really fun to look at. |
When you decide to use your child's bottle sterilizer to help break-in power cords. I found Shunyata Venom 3S power cords fit in perfectly on an Avent sterilizer. Since it is run mutliple times a day 7 days a week I put the Shunyata in place of the stock cord while I'm re-doing my whole system. |
you say out loud stroking your tube amp, "Isn't SHE beautiful! SHE never complains."...in front of your girlfriend. |
If your wife has no trunk for groceries, every room in the house has a stereo (including bathroom's), and I have a dedicated room just for audio! Not to mention I get some of my best sleep with bands like Tool (heavy metal) playing at 120db in my room.
Even my cat climbs into the ports of my sub boxes and takes a nap..... with music at volume. My son is 10 yrs old and constantly changes the setup I gave him for his room. My 5 yr old daughter, huh, I don't even want to get into that.
Or maybe it's because I have eight 12" subs, four 8" subs, and six 6" subs on bass alone. Add to that a total of eleven 6"mid-bass/mid range drivers and eleven tweeters. Four amps (three for bass alone), a custom built room with walls that are held in compression (anti-vibration), bracing on the ceiling, a concrete floor, dedicated power supply, ample diffusion, and I don't know what else to mention. Oh! Neighbors that don't complain no matter the hour! |
12-24-12: Radni
If your friend or family member ( mostly much juniors in age ) casually ask you to help them with a tip to improve their 2ch audio system set up ( with a very modest budget in mind ) and you keep explaining to him/her all about the sound quality and the equipments matching , till the person who asked gets emmensely bored and almost regrets asking you. No, that makes you an ahole. |
If your friend or family member ( mostly much juniors in age ) casually ask you to help them with a tip to improve their 2ch audio system set up ( with a very modest budget in mind ) and you keep explaining to him/her all about the sound quality and the equipments matching , till the person who asked gets emmensely bored and almost regrets asking you. |
If you own a set of stax cans and they are more expensive than your car. :) |
you spend an excessive amount of time, listening to music, buying and selling components, and talking about the hobby.
what constitutes "excessive" is determined by a panel of psychiatrists or psychologists.
the hobby can be a disease if one neglects other important activities of living. |
You sit for hours in infinite bliss listening to music just to hear what might happen next while all your ADD friends are out twittering. |
you tweak your friend's system
while he is out of town... |
u can't listen to music in a car or if conversing w/ someone or in mono or in the daytime. |
You think live music events aren't true to the recording and don't sound 'open' and 'musical' compared to your system. |
When you're obsessed with posting in audio forums. ;-) |
As long as sqeakiest wheel gets all of the grease, Wagon is
rolling along just fine. I think that it is past due for
me to get involved in DIY. Time to get hands dirty, smoke
a few Amps, and learn something for a change! Paying someone else a real big hunk of change to enjoy all of
that fun-NUTS! |
Petty: How's that wagon of yours? :) |
Audiophiliac- unrealistic fear of Audio Equipment.
Audiophile- unrealistic lack of fear around smoking Audio
Equipment. Typically characterized by charred black carbon
covering Audiophiles face. "I like the smell of a smoked
Amplifier in the morning. It reminds me of......the last
scene in THE RIGHT STUFF"! |
I prefer the term "audiophiliac" to "audiophile" because it suggests a chronic condition. |
You report off sick from work for the day because the system doesnt seem quite right and you need to dial in the soundstage. |
You know you're an audiophile, when you save every month for your next upgrade...and think every night on which pieces of gear to buy. |
Go find some Customer Service in PC Audio-now THAT was
funny! I got one, how about if I look for some CONVENIENCE
to go with that Customer Service? How about if I look for
some Customer Service from a PC Audio Manufacturer RATHER than from another PC Audio Customer? Your killing me-Hotmailjbc! Who says that PC Audio Lunatics have no sense of humor? "Take my Wife, my PC Audio Customer Service, and loads of my own Money-PLEASE"! I will even pay PC Audio
Manufacturer to take all of them off of my hands, because I am a Loony Toons PC Audio Lunatic! I will arbitrate any
Labor dispute negotiations, any takers? I make such a good
Defense Attorney, I will even go to Jail with you for a
very-very-very long time! I promise! |
You know you're an audiophile...When you pursue the highest fidelity possible within your budget. |
Uh-oh....
Train wreck a-comin'
Alert the trauma team! |
as galsworthy wrote , i'm sure you have no clue to who he is, the word can be used as a a plea for help. fits you perfectly. go find some customer service |
Hotmailjbc-and where is the punchline in "Pathetic"? You
get alot of laughs calling the Audience "Pathetic" in
stand up comedy? It is not an exaggeration, it is a reversal, and it is pathetic. Pathetic is a snide remark,
see how I used it? Nothing humorous about it. These entries are self inspection, or self deppreciation. Your
comment applies to everyone else, but you. I am not offended, I don't really even care! It is just the anti-thesis of humor-it just isn't funny. Sorry if you take that
personnal, wasn't meant to be. My use of Pathetic, at the
beginning of this Entry, is just to show the lack of humor.
Again, nothing personnal. Exaggeration won't change that.
Doesn't matter whose exaggeration it is, it is how it is used. |
dear peety officer... here we go again,,,,,,you think your exaggeration is ok but mine is not? don,t even start with me. |
didn,t mean to hurt anybody's feelings. i was joking. sorry |
Petty- I think Hotmail was joking ;-) |
Hotmailjbc-This Post isn't a cry for help. It is supposed
to be a humorous view of self reflection of the Audiophile
Hobby. These Statements are supposed to be over the top as
excessive exaggerations, no relation to reality-pathetic
or not! My Reference to Audiophilia as an obsession, like
smoking or alchoholism, is an exaggeration. Point wasn't
to insult those with serious smoking/alcohol problems, but to exaggerate the obsessiveness of Audiophilia by comparison. Pathetic is ruining a simple Joke, by having to explain it. There is nothing else pathetic here, because
none of it is real. It is all an exaggeration. You are
aware that this is simply an exercise-Right? Say, "Now
you do"! |
i am in deep denial. no amount of negative consequences throw up yellow much less red lights. family interventions don,t work as i have my lawyer on speed dial to speed up my release from detox facilities. since there are no hifi stores within a 2 hour drive i am going to walmart right now just to look at the hdmi cables that i don,t even need. this post is a cry for help. how pathetic ha |
Abucktwoeighty-it is just like Alcoholism and Smoking.
You may stop listening to Music and get rid of your
System. If you set one foot in a High End Store, it will
start up all over again right where you left off. It will be like you never quit! I know from personal experience.
This is the third time that I have fallen off of the
Wagon. |
Hello, my name is Wade and I'm an audiophile.... if I stop listening to my music and get rid of my system will I still be an audiophile? Once an audiophile, always an audiophile? |
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When you have a wardrobe full of tubes/amps, instead clothing. :D |
Boy that's a scary thought!!! |
When u "roll speakers" as well as tubes!!! |
If you spend cash and talk trash!! |
