The Best Compliment You've Gotten On Your Rig?


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My brother-in-law entered my home as jazz was playing on my system. After about three songs, the announcer came on and started to speak..and my brother-in-law looked at me with amazement.."that was the radio??!!

He could not believe he was listening to a radio station. It was my killer Sansui TU-X1 tuner doing its thing. Best compliment I could ever receive. My bro-in-law is not an audiophile.
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“Wow, sounds like someone is playing the music in your living room” which was followed by “Sounds great; must be Bose”


Old thread but @stereo5 that story of the girl hearing how good she sounded got me.
I have a friend who is a Juno nominated FOH sound guy over one time and he commented on how “clear” the midrange was. He referenced it to a touring VDOSC system driven by Lab Gruppen amps he was using at the time. I consider it a compliment as I have heard his work with smaller ensembles several times and the PA system sound was a model of clarity and resolution. I used to have some of his “off the board” recordings and they were in my opinion reference quality if not totally in the upper realm of soundstage/imaging magic.
Other than that most people don’t know/care. If anything, guys want to know how loud it goes, while women would rather not not find out and I suspect question the negative design impact on my
living room.....
A friend sat own in the chair for a few songs, her comment was 'Wow, sooo holographic!"