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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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glupson
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geoffkait,
"Sprechen sei Deutsche? 🤡"
Assuming it was Deutsch without the last "e", be careful with your requests.
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geoffkait
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German is my seventh language. 
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ieales
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^^^ None of which he comprehends...
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geoffkait
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Uh,oh, someone’s butt is still sore. Calm down Mr. Eels.
fleschler
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glupson-I was prepared to spend another $50,000 if the room was 25’ X 20’ X 14’, the site of my extra land adjacent to my family room. However, on 3-17-2017 the City of Los Angeles passed a anti-mansionization law that downsized to 20% buildable area on 20,000’+ lots (25% on lesser size lots) zoned RA. Since 1/4 of L.A. is a zoned RA, that killed construction/additions beyond the reasonable size for large lots. However, they kept in place 50% buildable area for under 7,500’ lots and 45% over on R1 lots, the majority of lots in L.A. So this stupid law allows 4,500’ mansions on 10,000’ lots to still be constructed overshadowing neighbors with modest 1,200’ homes which is very much still happening. So, I used two of my four slightly oversized garages to build an interior of 15.8" X 19’8" X 10’ high listening room with those 16" thick exterior walls..
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