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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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jeffloistarca
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1) I will not run speaker wire in the attic again, I still have dozens of scars from smacking my head on the exposed roofing nails.

2) I will not sell off any wire of any kind, I'll need it when I put together yet another system.

3) I will not spend all my money at CES on tweaks/music/do-dads and end up starving and having to walk to the airport (again).

4) Perfect sound forever? I will not hold back, I will kick the salesman's ass that lies to me next time.

5) No matter how hot Shania Twain is, I will not attend another concert of hers and have to endure her singing.
jax2
3,031 posts
 
Hey Gumby, does Pokey know about Christy, Gilbert and Kevin? Oh, and I said to use a "Wahl" NOT a "Maul"!!! Well, whatever...maybe you'll start a new fashion trend in Prefrontal Lobodomy. Hey, did you get your Eastern Electric Preamp yet? Does that make six, or is that part of the quintet you mentioned? How do you like the EE? I decided to give Dan Wright's prototype a try with a single input and single output. If it works in one of my systems I may sell off my GNS modified LS2B (don't need the extra inputs and outputs, nor the balanced feature)...you know "Seven" is a lucky number.....it has some religious and spiritual connotations as well! You can never have enough pre-amps, that's what I say!

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danlib1
819 posts
 
1.Drop an Aurios bearing on my Pass X-250.

2.Over-tighten locking RCA's, resulting in an Anaconda wrestling match upon attempted removal, therby loosening the RCA jack itself, necessitating removal of the preamp cover and re-snugging the jack (damn I'm stupid).

3.Cut my finger assembling a DIY power cord, that ended up sounding like crap anyway.

4.Step on my headphone cable while wearing my headphones, yanking them completely off my bucket sized noggin.

5.Post my dumb-ass mistakes on Audiogon for all you guys to see.
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albertporter
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1. Lift a Tube Research GT400 without help.

2. Test the high voltage points inside an Aesthetix Io without rubber gloves.

3. Attend CES expecting to hear wonderful sound.

4. Explain to the UPS guy why my speakers are so big yet won’t “blow down the house.”

5. Go to a UA theatre without taking ear protection.

(“Kill Bill“ made my ears ring. Must admit though, there were some “killer” females :^).
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