The Horror


After getting  back home from “The Show” in Costa Mesa, California this past weekend, I walked over to my stereo system and turned it on. And silently wept. I had held out a feint hope that my cross-over modified 1.7i Maggies and mighty Parasound A21+, fed from a Prima Luna 300 tube preamplifier could somehow manage a slight shimmer of resemblance to the robust setups I witnessed at the SHOW. Not—- on— your —-life. Not even close. I slumped into my over-stuffed couch and stared long and hard at the thing I created: an anemic concoction of false hopes and wishful thinking. The horror, the truth: entry into serious audiophile listening begins with purchase of speakers that cost the price of the car I had to finance for 4 years, closely followed with the added expense of beefy sophisticated electronics and wiring, not a gaggle of cheap wanna-be plastic and tweeks. I so wanted to belong, but that’s turned out to be just a fever dream I’ve got to wake up from. Maybe one day, if ever I have the nerve to rob a bank, find Jimmy Hoffa, or survive a head-on collision from a sleepy Amazon driver, I might make it. Maybe. Feel free to play the violin with two fingers.

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@tvad this happens from time to time. It's not at all new. A lot of my comments have been removed while much harsher comments I replied to were not, I am not into speculating why, I have better things to worry about. 

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@soix this is getting repetitive, you calling me names and presenting your alternative reality (lies for sane people) and me explaining why it’s not productive and very hurtful.

I see no reason to say it again. Ironically you keep digging and proving my point. And your insults are only getting worse. I won’t suggest you to calm down, that would be behaving like you. I am used to being this the norm, the abuser being protected, feeling emboldened and everyone standing by, quietly.

 

Soix & butter, the private messaging feature exists for you all to settle your differences on Boingnicke (or whatever else) over there. The middle school barnyard arguments are so meh/boring on these public threads.

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