what a timely inquiry.
last night, I almost threw my entire system out the window. this hobby can be the ultimate in frustration.
why?
1. after waiting almost 6 months for the return of my tubed DAC from repair, it has been not working properly, i've been trying to diagnose what is going on.
2. audio racks which are too narrow, components that are too wide.
3. cables which have locking RCA,and hard to reach when you have limited space between the wall and the rear of your gear.
4. having to remove spiked cones each time you need to acess your gear.
5. BrightStar sandboxes, sand spilling all over the floor.
6. trying to unplug and plug in huge power cables into a Power conditioner without being able to see the outlets.
7. tugging on a cable then accidently removing another RCA cable, getting a huge hum which scares the crap out of you.
8. having to re-balence the height of your adjustable audiophile audio rack
9. having to move enormous speakers and cables to get to the rear of your system.
i could go on and on, but the above occured between 615pm and 745pm last night.
I think my neighbors think I am crazy for screaming in anger....
i screamed and cursed the maker of the DAC which was causing my anger. My neighbors must be asking themselves who the hell is this person is.
but yes, today I checked audiogon for more gear 6 times today so far.
last night, I almost threw my entire system out the window. this hobby can be the ultimate in frustration.
why?
1. after waiting almost 6 months for the return of my tubed DAC from repair, it has been not working properly, i've been trying to diagnose what is going on.
2. audio racks which are too narrow, components that are too wide.
3. cables which have locking RCA,and hard to reach when you have limited space between the wall and the rear of your gear.
4. having to remove spiked cones each time you need to acess your gear.
5. BrightStar sandboxes, sand spilling all over the floor.
6. trying to unplug and plug in huge power cables into a Power conditioner without being able to see the outlets.
7. tugging on a cable then accidently removing another RCA cable, getting a huge hum which scares the crap out of you.
8. having to re-balence the height of your adjustable audiophile audio rack
9. having to move enormous speakers and cables to get to the rear of your system.
i could go on and on, but the above occured between 615pm and 745pm last night.
I think my neighbors think I am crazy for screaming in anger....
i screamed and cursed the maker of the DAC which was causing my anger. My neighbors must be asking themselves who the hell is this person is.
but yes, today I checked audiogon for more gear 6 times today so far.