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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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erik_squires6,978 posts11-12-2019 11:42pmTreat your room first.


I am with you and I regret someone in the past had not insisted vehemently on me to make that room treatment the first thing to think about with my audio system...(mechanical vibrations controls included and electrical grid treatment also ) 
fleschler
2,030 posts
 
geoffkait  Again, you're talking out of your ....  You haven't heard the system and your dismissing it as garbage.  Dozens of audio critics spent hours listening to that system all over the U.S. and thought it was the most entrancing music reproduction system ever.  Grow up!
mwoh419
54 posts
 
" >>>>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! "

Well considering the content and context of most of atdavid's posts in this thread... I'd say your strawman is imaginary.

Either way.... there's a 99.9% chance one of us is wrong.
glupson
7,842 posts
 
fleschler,
"Dozens of audio critics spent hours listening to that system all over the U.S. and thought it was the most entrancing music reproduction system ever."

If what you are talking about is the system that was exhibited at Capital Audio Fest two weekends ago, and it does seem it is by the names you mentioned, it is very subjective.

To me, it was obviously good, even great, but nothing to write home about. Except maybe the price. As far as I am concerned, it was not the most enjoyable system at that show. I am not sure if geoffkait has heard it, but I have.

It does not matter what dozens of (assumingly professional) audio critics say about it. It matters what your wife says about it. To me, it matters what I thought about it.
glupson
7,842 posts
 
"Either way.... there’s a 99.9% chance one of us is wrong."
I am rooting for geoffkait. Come on, you can make it to 100. You have done it before.
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