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Non Audiophiles are funny people

ive had several non audiophile types in my home in the past year (painter,plumber,postal person, UPS,Fedex driver, neighbors) for some reason or another. I have 3 turntables
1. Michell GyroDec Linn AKito/Lyra Clavis
2. Sota Star SME 5/Cardas Heart
3. Well tempered Classic / Sumiko SHO

each one of these people ask or say "you must be a DJ" or "are you a DJ?". Imagine scrathing and backspinning on the wheels of steel, a belt driven loaded way down at 1.8 grams complete with vaccum hold down! Dont forget that record clamp! I can only imagine what that UPS driver would do if he was here alone with some Run DMC wax.
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I get the same reaction each time a non audiophile visitor enters my home and sees my Soundlab U-1 speakers. They are over seven feet tall and more than three feet wide.

First comment, "Are those speakers?!!?"

Second comment, "Boy, I'll bet they will blow down the walls!

I reply, "Actually no, they are designed to reproduce music beautifully and with almost no distortion."

At this point, they look disappointed, as if that was no fun at all.
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Bishopwill, If I hang him on my power pole and he shorts it out, I will have a lot of down time on my stereo.

Better punishment would be to let him buy his own Bose system and suffer the slow death of music withdrawal. This is usually accompanied by excessive volume levels in an attempt to compensate, resulting in hearing loss.

with his system, this is a blessing in disguise.
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