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How many of us look under the hood??

I usually am curious about inner workings of something that I bought. I look cumpulsiveley only when when it fails or does soimething else that is unpleasant
I don't look inside my gear at anytime now as I can't even solder.
The only exception is for speakers. Why I pick speakers is beyond me. I know there is nobody singing and playing their hearts out. I think that actually know somthing about speakers.This is patenley false, not true of course, but I can't help not looking any at some point if possible.
How about you?
mechans
markphd
667 posts
 
A "Danger Lethal Voltages" warning sticker is enough to keep me out.
xiekitchen
821 posts
 
I love speakers and love taking out the woofer or tweeter to have a look around inside at driver's back /wire/crossover. It's like porno for me. I just love caressing a big 15" woofer.. or a 12 or 10 or 8 or 6.5 etc.
chashmal
605 posts
 
Mrjstark: I was only kidding. From the looks of your rig and listening room you seem to know exactly what you are doing, which I do not (on an under the hood level)!
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dazzdax
599 posts
 
Most of us don't have technical background, I'm no exception. But I like to see what is inside a component. If I see a neat layout with quality parts it gives me certain feeling of "trust" with regard to both the product and the manufacturer. But I also know that just nice "cosmetics" and cool looks can be deceptive. OTOH some components don't have this neat interior but they are very good in reproducing music (= very musical). For example some of the point-to-point wired tube amplifiers (from Supratek and Atmasphere). Especially the Supratek units have very messy looking interiors.

Chris
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