2. amps-preamps
  3. 1252103773

I need help with my Equipment addiction

I can't leave well enough alone. My most disappointing days are days like today where I sit down to listen to my system, drink some wine, and unwind and... the system sounds great. I hate that. Nothing to tweak, everything is intergrating well: Clear highs, check. Fast, deep bass, check. Digital sound good with weight and impact, Check. Vinyl sound deep and well rounded with extended highs and excellent speed, check.

That's when the trouble starts. I start thinking, "What if changed cartridges?" "Well then I need a step up transformer, or a seperate MC phono stage", "Maybe I should just look at new preamps, even thbough I love mine now", "Then I need a separate phono preamp, I've always wanted an ARC preamp", then "Hey then I could buy an ARC tube amp for the high end of the Maggies and get bi-amp them"

Does it ever stop? How can I stop the cycle? I think I'm going to drink some more wine.
macdadtexas
macdadtexas OP
1,794 posts
 
Step 1. Check the Audio Research Website for details on the LS26 and Ref 3 and 5 preamps

Step 2. Check Audiogon website for ARC preamps

Step 3. Check eBay for ARC Preamps

Step 4. Check Craigslist Houston for ARC Preamps

Step 5. Austin Craigslist

Step 6. Dallas Craigslist

Step 7. San Antonio Craigslist

Step 8. Bryan/College Station Craigslist

Step 9. Chicago Criagslist (family there)

Step 10. Los Angles Craigslist (go for work all the time)

Step 11. New York Craigslist (work)

Step 12. Drink another glass of wine
prcinka
366 posts
 
Get a stingy wife...
swampwalker's avatar
swampwalker
5,138 posts
 
You do not know me, but you seem like a very trustworthy person. The only hope is to exorcise the demons that have possessed your gear. If you send it to:
Swampwalker
123 Main Street
Monrovia, Liberia, Africa 12345

along w a certified check for $17,500.00. It will take approximately 18 months to complete the exorcism, at a cost of $1000.00/month. I will have a client send you a $5000 check each month, drawn on the account of my dead father, who was president of our country's largest bank. Please cash it and send me the $1000, keeping the difference for your trouble. Also please send me your social security number, date of birth, credit card number, expiration date and include the three digit code from the back.
macdadtexas OP
1,794 posts
 
Thank you, can I just send my CC numbers?
hevac1
812 posts
 
I can help you.
I will come over, you can help me load it all up into my truck and I will take the offending equipment away.
It will be like rehab, but you go no where and then when you are not cured you can start all over again. Do not worry though, I will add your equipment to my own system and then some.
TRUST ME this is the only.
More to discover