Being an audiophile is not boasting about something, but a deep learning active process of experiments and creative hearing for the sake of a musical experience....
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."
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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mwoh419 ”>>>>I don’t think I’ve seen so many logical fallacies crammed into one post since the last time I read one of your windy screeds. The anger and frustration jumps right out at you. " Really??? " When I am on my death bed, though, there is one thing I am absolutely certain of. When I look back on life, having an audio system better than 99.9% of the population will not even make it into the top 10 of things I was grateful for. " Sounds to me like someone who has their head on straight. ;) >>>>Apparently you never heard of a strawman argument. 😬 Nobody ever said he wanted a system better than 99.9% of the population or valued audio over everything else. Duh! |
My wife heard the Von Schweikert/VAC/Kronos/etc. $1.4 million audio system at a show and said that's the one she wants. I can't afford it and it is too large for my listening room. But that's the one she wants which is better than 99.9% of what the audiophile population owns. No, the Von Schwekert Ultra 9 won't work for us either, it's too large as well. |
Well, Looking on the bright side at a minimum it would be BIGGER than 99.9% of the population. 🤡 Von Schweikert uses that 35K internal wiring UPGRADE from NASA. Gosh, I wonder if that’s the same stuff they used on Challenger. 🤡 note to self: Today is looking up already and I haven’t even had breakfast yet! 🤗 By the way, the Million Dollar Wisdom Audio system at the show in Vegas circa 2002 featuring 18 count em! Jeff Rowland amplifiers was a giant flop. But it was BIGGER than 99.9% of the population. 🤗 Now that I think about it so was the BIG Infinity Reference/Audio Research tube system a flop at the Show in DC circa 1980. |
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