Friends hi-fi system not very good, what do you do or say?
So you're going over to someones home and they give you a tour and they have a hi-fi system in a room. And while visiting of course they turn it on for you not knowing that you have a very nice system in your home and you notice immediately it's just not very good. But then you're used to the very in you're listening experiences. So what do you do when they ask you what you think?
Do you say sounds really good?
Do you make suggestions?
Do you feel a desperate need to tell them about your system?
Personally, I try not to mention any details about my system. If I'm driving around in a Lamborghini I would prefer to be invisible so I don't get stared at when I get out of my car. If they had a really nice system with interesting components I would probably mention a few of the things I have and then we could bond with our common interests. Ideally, it would be cool to be in the presence of someone who knew a lot more than I did and a real learning opportunity.
Audio systems tend to be private affairs I guess. I don't necessarily want to hang out with someone and listen to tunes. Those wonderful College days where it made a lot of sense are long gone.
Hasn't the OP already pretty much stated that this is another one of his imaginary scenarios that he likes to post, for some reason, in the amps/preamps forum? |
I’ve been giving this an excruciating amount of thought over the past few days, and what I’ve come up with is this: if I thought I could take him, I’d say, "C’mmon, dude; let’s get it on right here in your pathetic listening room, and after I beat the dog crap out of you then I am systematically going to destroy your miserable gear, piece by sorry-ass piece." If I didn’t think I could take him in a fair fight, I’d act like nothing was wrong, but when his guard was down I’d head butt him in the bridge of his nose. Since I know he’d be angry and I also know I probably couldn’t take him once he shakes off the initial pain and surprise, I would not stick around. On my way out the door I’d stop and scream at him, "That will teach you to waste my time listening to your sub standard system!" If he had a gravel driveway, I’d be sure to spin my tires as hard as I could to throw rocks at his house. Just my two cents.
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@macg19 + 10! |
. . . or if your friend's system was not up to your standards, instead of following my previous suggestion, you could simply kick the dogcrap out of the woofers of his full range speakers and then tell him, "Look, dude, I just did you a favor--this will give you a reason to start upgrading this piece of crap system." The time will come when he will thank you for this.. |
