2. best-of
  3. 1215470357

Beloved equipment

What's up with sellers describing their equipment as "beloved" as in "I'm selling my beloved power amp..." Are people forming an emotional relationship with a bunch of electric circuits housed in metal cases? I mean it's cool with me if that's your thing, but it does strike me as a little fetish-like. I wonder if anybody will admit to it, but are audiophiles bringing home flowers for their preamps and putting them in fancy lingerie?
128x128onhwy61
23 responses Add your response
mapman's avatar
mapman
22,197 posts
 
What's wrong with loving your equipment?
hifisoundguy
630 posts
 
My Sansui sp-5500 speakers and my Cayin Audio 265ai and Cary CAD-300sei Integrated amps!
bongofury
1,160 posts
 
KEF 104s--they still lumber on....
chashmal
605 posts
 
I really love my Linn LP 12, circa 1991. I know there are better tables, but it has a sound that has grown very dear to me. It is pure comfort.
nilthepill
842 posts
 
You should see my La Luce TT with a scarlet color vinyl being played... beats Giesel in lingerie by a mile.
gawdbless's avatar
gawdbless
1,235 posts
 
My beloved 'horn' has been known to make some ear piercing cat type wailing on occasion (rare occasion, I might add). I always get the gold medal. Nobody remembers those that come second eh?
Oo-er missus.
jorgeparrapuppy
257 posts
 
Liz: What on earth do you plan on putting in that 1/4"
hole, my kind man?
Post removed 
onhwy61's avatar
onhwy61 OP
5,217 posts
 
You want virgins! Now that's funny. Between the power cords and the interconnects your electronics has seen quite a bit of breaking in, if you know what I mean.
Post removed 
dweller's avatar
dweller
3,781 posts
 

THAT's why they call him the "Audio Pimp"!
jorgeparrapuppy
257 posts
 
I love my speakers' fat bottom end and my tube amps
get me all hot.
kthomas
911 posts
 
I used to think of them as "just speakers," but once they went outside the boundaries of the system, began helping others less fortunate than them by being active in the community and touching the lives of others......well, when I now say "beloved", I'm speaking for my whole community.
jaybo
4,478 posts
 
my thorens jubilee and i are going to vegas for the weekend to make up. i've cheated on it for several years with an oracle paris.
samhar
1,048 posts
 
*****Mine like it S/E*****
krusty2k
40 posts
 
"Is that an EL34 in your tube socket or are you just happy to see me?"
ras422
182 posts
 
have any of you found that wet flowers given to amps increased damping-??---sorry just couldn't help it !!!
sfar's avatar
sfar
1,758 posts
 
-
Don't anthropomorphize your amplifiers. They hate that.
-
mrjstark
1,112 posts
 
My tubes are blushing.
Post removed 
Post removed 
ras422
182 posts
 
I found that pre-amps are just too fickle for flowers but a nice pair of sheer stockings used as grill cloth for speakers causes electron excitement and increases flux !!
macrojack
1,303 posts
 
WOW!!! Try to picture the reviews that might generate.
Log in to respond
More to discover