A principle guiding the wise audiophile life

1. There are no absolutes.

2. Disappointment is the gap that exists between expectation and reality. --Maxwell

Audiophilia reminds me of dating or what I remember of it in my distant, puerile youth. I used to shell out more money than I had to wine and dine prospective girlfriends in college. There were always "performance" surprises both good and bad and most often unexpected. It was always difficult to judge "equipment" until it arrived at home and was unboxed, and by then it was too late to take countermeasures if necessary, nor would you ever get your money back.

A good male friend of mine in college once developed a crush on a woman and commenced to wooing her. On the second date after dinner they wound up on the beach at night whereupon they commenced hanky-panky to the sound of the waves. It was then that my friend discovered an unexpected part in the box in the form of the male appendage. Normally, an extra, free part would be cause for jubilation; but in this instance it was met with shock and awe. My friend was able to laugh at it all eventually and even became good friends with the "amplifier" though not at the level of tinkering.

Everything is a sort of hobby, and then we die. If we die even a little bit happy for whatever reason and by whatever means, then we have had our revenge. Myself, I intend to die with a smile on my face even if it is a very faint smile.

Tough break for your buddy. No amount of room treatment was going to tame that tweeter. 

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@bolong,

So the five o'clock shadow and Adam's Apple didn't give it away?

Not that hard to tell the difference between a rooster and a cat...🤔😀