The Best Compliment You've Gotten On Your Rig?

Csontos- Maybe he's an acquired taste, when I was young and foolish I too didn't appreciate the talent.

btw, i think donovan is under-appreciated. do you like his Sutras recording?

"That's some good sounds" from a non-phile (I don't know any philes) and all the while I was thinking how subpar the system sounds for a mid fi system, especially for the money invested.

My dad, looking at ten years of accumulated gear switched from "you're insane" to "huh. that sounds pretty good".

Have had more people comment on the size of my cd collection which isn't really all that big. My system is very modest and sits in a spare bedroom so it doesn't see a lot of visitors.
One painful memory I recall is when my wife was showing a few of her friends around the house and she got to my "stereo room." They were actually giggling at the size of my speakers, a pair of Eminent Technology LFT-8As at the time. I felt like I was standing there naked. My wife remembers it differently. They were laughing at something entirely different and weren't even considering my speakers but I know the truth.