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5 things I will not do agian, what about you?

A post on Audio Asylum about weather you would start over or not if someone paid you what you had paid for you equipment made me think of 5 things I will never do again. Do you have a list to share? Of course we all know the danger of saying never.

1. Buy speakers that have to sit 4 to 6 feet out into the room.
2. Buy speaker cables so big and heavy they break things and make me want to curse.
3. Buy separates, integrated amps and power amps with volume control or power amps with attenuators are just too good, and you don�t need another power cord, another set of interconnects, and another power isolator.
4. Try to combine a Home theater and music system into one. This one I might some day have to do out of necessity but then I would just plug the TV into the two-channel system and enjoy.
5. Ignore, the room, vibration issues, power cords, and conditioners.
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jax2
3,031 posts
 
1. Tape a couple of quarters at the end of my tonearm over my cartridge.

2. Place my right speaker in an entirely different room from my left speaker.

3. Wire an extension cord from a ceiling fan.

4. Install my entire system in the bathroom so I can sing along.

5. Place my tube mono amps on either side of the toilet.

OK, I didn't really do any of those things...I just made em' all up.....no, really, I did....what, do I look like anyway!

It's a good question so here's some more honest responses:

1. Purchase an SS amplifier.
2. Give vinyl "just one more try" ...I know, I know...but it just ain't for me (yes, I know how good it sounds)!
3. Purchase speaker cable the girth of a garden hose.
4. Use Chinese tubes in any component.
5. Assume there is one "right" way to do anything.

Marco
kinsekd
252 posts
 
Buy into some new technology, just because it's the latest thing. Pay full retail.
mattybumpkin
590 posts
 
Completely believe the reviews in magazines
Use a computer extension cord
Use component power cords supplied by the manufacturer

That's three anyway...
unclejeff
1,313 posts
 
Marco, I have been following your sense of humor here and there (remember OZ?), and you, once again make me laugh. I have to hurry out the door to get to work; it is nice to leave with a giggle.
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