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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geoffkait has made many interesting and educational audiophile posts which I appreciate.  Then he goes off on I'm right and you're wrong attitude which is shear arrogance.  I've had much worse trolls that put me down on a personal, race and religion basis. 

Headphone listening has it's place and is a substitute for a dedicated listening room.  I prefer listening with dynamic music in the room rather than close to my eardrums.  I also like to feel the bass/air movement if it's present.  Since I am a part time mastering engineer for the aforementioned symphony, chamber group and many choirs, I depend on a good set of headphones since I don't have a mastering studio to work in.  
"My listening room cost exceeded $500/sq. ft."
What the heck is that? It is silly.

My bathroom can beat up your listening room.

I did recently buy a record remastered by Kevin Gray. If you see him, tell him there is a satisfied customer out there.
"...mimicking the high experienced from heroin, meth, alcohol and cocaine."
Do they all work the same way? They all have some bad effect afterwards. Does music mimic that, too?

"...I can tell you 100 percent that a high end Audio system can nearly cure these disorders."
"Nearly cure"? You mean "temporary relief of symptoms"?
@glupson My listening room cost about $155-165,000. It has 16" thick, acoustically engineered walls per AcousticFields designer with activated carbon filtering, a 3000 psi 12" thick steel reinforced slab, 2 ton low noise HVAC, dedicated power panel with 10 circuits with 10 gauge wiring, 90 oz. plush carpet, 3/4" cherry paneling. Synergistic Research blue duplexes for audio gear. The interior walls are set on a 12" plate with 1" MDF, 1/8" Acoustiblok vinyl sheathing, 3/4" MDF, 3X12 studs, alternating 2X12 and 4X12 full height blocking, sandwiched in the 2X12s are 4’ X 12.6" four 4" thick chambered carbon filters, 4" thick insulation, all interior joints sprayed with flexseal (20 cans), then the cherry plywood. The ceiling has fire-rated industrial lighting. Ceiling suspended and side wall mounted absorption panels. The ceiling could not accommodate the load (2X8s), so there is 4’+ thick roll insulation above the built-up ceiling. The two doors are 6’8" (800 lbs) and 8’ (1000 lbs) high and 17" thick, built identically to the interior walls.

NO bass traps needed. The room is tuned to 25 Hz low frequency flat and designed to accommodate 6 - 12" woofers without overhang. That’s why my room cost $500/sq. ft. But it is worth it!

P.S. Which record did you purchase?