Why your friends and family think you're nuts...
jaxwired
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1. You consider $1000 for a pair of speakers to be extremely budget friendly.
2. You think amplifiers sound different. Worse, you think CD players sound different!
3. When you buy audio electronics, you buy stuff with fewer features instead of more!!!
4. Your CD player comes with cable yet you buy cable that costs as much as a CD player!
5. You think cables sound different!
6. You play records! Step into the 21st century with the rest of us!
7. You actually listen to music! Not just have it on in the background, but actually listen to it as the main event.
8. You'd rather listen to your hifi than watch TV. Certifiable my friend.
9. You put insulation panels on your walls. Same thing the unibomber did...
10. You think you can hear different MP3 bit rates. Do you have super dog like hearing or something?
11. You keep selling perfectly good equipment to buy new equipment that is for the exact same purpose!
12. You hear things that usually are not associated with music like "air" "grain" "etch" "imaging" "soundstage" "pace" "speed" etc...
13. You're remote control only has 3 buttons!
14. You make people sit in the "sweet spot", whatever that is.
These are clearly warning signs...
2. You think amplifiers sound different. Worse, you think CD players sound different!
3. When you buy audio electronics, you buy stuff with fewer features instead of more!!!
4. Your CD player comes with cable yet you buy cable that costs as much as a CD player!
5. You think cables sound different!
6. You play records! Step into the 21st century with the rest of us!
7. You actually listen to music! Not just have it on in the background, but actually listen to it as the main event.
8. You'd rather listen to your hifi than watch TV. Certifiable my friend.
9. You put insulation panels on your walls. Same thing the unibomber did...
10. You think you can hear different MP3 bit rates. Do you have super dog like hearing or something?
11. You keep selling perfectly good equipment to buy new equipment that is for the exact same purpose!
12. You hear things that usually are not associated with music like "air" "grain" "etch" "imaging" "soundstage" "pace" "speed" etc...
13. You're remote control only has 3 buttons!
14. You make people sit in the "sweet spot", whatever that is.
These are clearly warning signs...
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NAD C545 -> Benchmark DAC1 -> Bryston BP6 -> Bryston 4B SST2 -> Dynaudio Contour S1.4
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I am guilty of #'s 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, and 14.
Yes, they do look at me weird when I talk about audio stuff! :cool:SystemLuxman L-590AXII Integrated Amplifier|KEF Reference 1 Loudspeakers|PS Audio Directream Jr|Sansui TU-9900 Tuner|TEAC A-6100 RtR|Nakamichi RX-202 Cassette -
They think I'm nuts the moment they walk into the basement. Funny thing is...I know I'm nuts.
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Good stuff sending on to everyone who thinks I'm nuts.Analog Source: Rega P3-24 Exact 2 w/GT delrin platter & Neo TT-PSU Digital Source: Lumin T2 w/Roon (NUC) DAC: Denafrips Pontus II Phono Preamp: Rega Aria MK3 Preamp: Rogue RP-7 Amp: Pass X150.8 Speakers: Joseph Audio Perspective 2, Audio Physic Tempo Plus Cables: Morrow M4 ICs & Audio Art SC-5 ePlus, Shunyata PCs Misc: Shunyata Hydra Delta D6, VTI rack, GIK acoustic panels
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That is so true. Most people that I talk to about audio think i am crazy. I only know a few people that even care about audio at all.Front - RTiA5's
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My wife would be just as happy listening to a clock radio. :rolleyes: She thinks i'm nuts for wanting more/better stuff....cause "she can't tell a difference".
Then there is my neighbor with a Bose something or other system. That thinks it sound sooooo much better than my system. :rolleyes:
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1 and 14 are definitely my favorite!
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I always laugh at threads like this....
I am running out of space to store speakers, equipment and cables that I replaced with "better" speakers, equipment and cables.
Just had a big box of new "stuff" delivered on Friday.
I was at Pottery Barn on Saturday purchasing two pieces of furniture (end tables). The nice lady helping me was commenting on how beautiful they were. Her face went blank when I explained to her my plan is to cut legs in half to lower the perfectly good tables to turn them into speaker stands.
It's now Sunday evening and I am sitting here in the dark with my lap top listening to my 2-channel rig and surfing the internet trying to figure out what my next upgrade is going to be.
It always makes me feel better to know that I am not the only one.... -
I always get a blank stare, a sigh or a WHY?:DLiving Room Rig:D
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What about....
- Listening in the dark....alone and eyes closed, of course
- Listening in late evenings....to take advantage of "cleaner" power from the outlets
- At low volumes....lower distortion
- Warming up the gear before a listening session
- Breaking in gear for hundreds of hours before listening
- A specific "listening chair"
- Interconnects that are direction-specific
- Calling myself an audiophile and not using Monster Cable
- Mass-loading speaker stands with kitty litter
- Different headphones for listening in different environments -
Excellent post!! I'm guilty of almost all of the above.
My girlfriend, on the other hand, can be found regularly listening to music on the speakers that are built into her cell phone...lol They're pretty decent speakers for a cell phone though...I think they manage to actually reproduce about 40% of a full bandwidth signal.:rolleyes:...lolThe nirvana inducer-
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comfortablycurt,
For you I'd add: "You post on internet audio forums at 4am in the morning!"
Danny,
Some good ones there. How about this, I knew a guy that would switch cable depending on music selection. Now that's even nuts to me...LOL....2 Channel
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I always laugh at threads like this....
I am running out of space to store speakers, equipment and cables that I replaced with "better" speakers, equipment and cables.
Just had a big box of new "stuff" delivered on Friday.
I was at Pottery Barn on Saturday purchasing two pieces of furniture (end tables). The nice lady helping me was commenting on how beautiful they were. Her face went blank when I explained to her my plan is to cut legs in half to lower the perfectly good tables to turn them into speaker stands.
It's now Sunday evening and I am sitting here in the dark with my lap top listening to my 2-channel rig and surfing the internet trying to figure out what my next upgrade is going to be.
It always makes me feel better to know that I am not the only one....
The Pottery Barn? Are you from North GA Beta?
I'm pretty much guilty of all of the above. -
1. You consider $1000 for a pair of speakers to be extremely budget friendly.
2. You think amplifiers sound different. Worse, you think CD players sound different!
3. When you buy audio electronics, you buy stuff with fewer features instead of more!!!
4. Your CD player comes with cable yet you buy cable that costs as much as a CD player!
5. You think cables sound different!
6. You play records! Step into the 21st century with the rest of us!
7. You actually listen to music! Not just have it on in the background, but actually listen to it as the main event.
8. You'd rather listen to your hifi than watch TV. Certifiable my friend.
9. You put insulation panels on your walls. Same thing the unibomber did...
10. You think you can hear different MP3 bit rates. Do you have super dog like hearing or something?
11. You keep selling perfectly good equipment to buy new equipment that is for the exact same purpose!
12. You hear things that usually are not associated with music like "air" "grain" "etch" "imaging" "soundstage" "pace" "speed" etc...
13. You're remote control only has 3 buttons!
14. You make people sit in the "sweet spot", whatever that is.
These are clearly warning signs...What about....
- Listening in the dark....alone and eyes closed, of course
- Listening in late evenings....to take advantage of "cleaner" power from the outlets
- At low volumes....lower distortion
- Warming up the gear before a listening session
- Breaking in gear for hundreds of hours before listening
- A specific "listening chair"
- Interconnects that are direction-specific
- Calling myself an audiophile and not using Monster Cable
- Mass-loading speaker stands with kitty litter
- Different headphones for listening in different environments
GUILTY on all charges except for mp3s, kitty litter mass-loading (I use lead shot) and headphones.
When my family comes over to visit and walk into my audio room they just look at me, shake their heads and say, "he's been doing this crap since he was a teenager!":eek: -
Yes guilty on most counts. I switch speakers depending....
It would be easier to switch cables!:p:D -
My wife looks at me very worried when I tell her that the little magazine rack can't be placed in front of the speakers in the HT room. She just doesn't understand that it is getting in the way of the sound..._________________________________________________
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My wife looks at me very worried when I tell her that the little magazine rack can't be placed in front of the speakers in the HT room. She just doesn't understand that it is getting in the way of the sound...
I'm having the same problem Ric except mine is my wife has my audio room completely cluttered with Christmas decorations that we haven't been able to move out to the shed because of all the rain and snow has blocked the way to the shed with a lake of water.
She keeps telling me to just clear a spot on my listening position and listen to music . . . she doesn't get it. There's boxes in front of the speakers, boxes, bags and the Christmas tree all over the room. When I tell her everything is going to mess up the sound and it will just frustrate me, she just rolls her eyes and says, "you're a nut.":eek:
Oh yeah and I forgot, she took all my DIY room treatments and piled them in a heap over some of my records!:rolleyes::mad: -
They all think Im nuts, until its time to watch a movie...:)Polk Audio Surround Bar 360
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As long as they are connected to different equipment.:)
I inferred that the switching cables for different music was with the same equipment.
I was busting your balls about cables sounding the same.:D;) -
It is my understanding that you are only "nuts" if you do not realize your nuts, so after reading this thread I feel much better and can probably skip my next scheduled therapy session.:cool:integrated w/DAC module Gryphon Diablo 300
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I've had a few people ask "what were you thinking" when they see the rig.
The people who moved me from MD to CO continually looked puzzed and kept asking me if I was a musician. I had the horns apart ready to crate them up and I told the supervisor they were really expensive so mark them down on the high dollar list. He explained to me that what I thought was expensive is probably not what they consider expensive. I gave him the cost and and I got this reaction :eek::eek::eek: as he carefully wrote down all the serial numbers...
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comfortablycurt wrote: »Excellent post!! I'm guilty of almost all of the above.
My girlfriend, on the other hand, can be found regularly listening to music on the speakers that are built into her cell phone...lol They're pretty decent speakers for a cell phone though...I think they manage to actually reproduce about 40% of a full bandwidth signal.:rolleyes:...lol
Curt,
I completely understand...my 12 year old listens to music, if you can call it that, on her ipod speaker without the earphones, often. She'll turn to me and say hey Dad listen to this...and I 'cringe' but I listen...like fingernails on a blackboard...what fathers will do for their daughters!
And yes, I'm guilt of much of the above. Great LIST! My wife definitely thinks I've lost it!
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The list you made up is classic. It is one of the best posts I have read on the club because it is so true. When your using old speakers for end tables because you can't fit any more furniture in your music room, you know you have got a problem. Great post.Polk HT system 1: LSIC, LSI25 mains, LSI F/X rears, Lsi F/X rear centers,
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When family understands, as I've been hi-fi nut since age 11; my friends* think I'm f'n nuts, but they love hearing music/concerts/movies on my system.
I remember my friend Fred asking how much my Benchmark was, I told him and he said "you're telling me you paid $1500 bucks for that little box? It doesn't even have a tone control"...LOL
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Guilty of a few of those. Just did #11, #9 is my next step. Soon I will be just as crazy as the rest of you.
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Not sure what number the list up to but driving 2200 miles round trip to pick up 20 year old speakers.Speakers: SDA-1C (most all the goodies)
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I knew a guy that would switch cable depending on music selection.
Yeah, that does seem extreme and I'd too lazy to do the switching.
Here are so more that I am making public for the first time....
- the color of the component makes a difference in sound quality
- the theory that glasses wearers should take off their glasses for better sound quality
- along the lines of the Pottery Barn end tables, use "Lack" end tables from Ikea
- listening to music only in comfortable temperature
- when looking at Open Houses, scope out possible location for system(s)
- have five or more copies of the same recording and insisting each sounds different
