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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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millercarbon
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Here in Washington we have some sweet green bud that will get you there in one step: inhale. 

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ebm
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Never had that problem only made great purchases sorry about yours.
teo_audio
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I’ve personally never experienced this sort of problem in the OP, and I’ve been doing this for...just over 40 years.

I try to help people teach themselves how to listen and how to slow it all down, so they can make decisions that don't backfire or have to be rolled back.
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nonoise
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I'm with the wine guy (I'm partial to Burgundy and Bordeaux).
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