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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."
atdavid
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mahgister
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Live event and stereo system are sometimes nearer each other, but this is the exception in a very good audio room and with a very good audio grid...My criteria is not how much my audio system reproduce a live event "per se" tough, but more, is my audio system giving me a relatively realistic natural musical timbre for voices or instruments? If I feel yes, I sense more involvement of the heart and mind in the music sound...But now I appreciate live recorded files or cd, more than studio one, it was not the case some years ago...The reason is my audio grid can simulate more the living atmospheric presence of the concert participants....


And my system, remember, is relatively cheap cost, with good components link in the chain tough, the difference comes only from room treatment, and multiple others homemade low cost tweaks....
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ieales
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I spent last two weekends checking out two audio shows.
A fate worse than death. My condolences.
glupson
7,842 posts
 
ieales,

Thanks, but I made it. It was interesting. I have not done it in decades. Two hours a day for two afternoons at CAF and one hour total in New York. Not that bad. I would not do it for third weekend in a row.
mwoh419
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" One issue I see a lot is that many audiophiles don’t know where the sound of their system lies in the overall curve of sound quality. "

I don't worry about the curve... and I'm not looking for perfection.  That's just a dog chasing his tail. It's all relative to the individual anyway.

Besides... my 95% might be someone elses 50%. I'm looking for Nirvana... and when I find it... I will have reached my destination.

Been there already, and took a couple wrong turns.  Now I'm on my way back to it.  :)
mwoh419
54 posts
 
" I listen listen listen to my system to really familiarize it.So I will know if indeed worth keeping any gear I Am auditioning, "

Bingo!!!
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