Still the demons of GAS pursue me


Who among you has felt regret when a long-wanted item from yesteryear pops up?

About forty-five years ago, a certain popular HiFi manufacturer’s new parametric equalizer was, to me, the bee’s knees. I dreamed that I might have it one day and use it to get deep bass and tingling highs out of any speaker. A few years later, a friend who had been in the service picked one up, and it still seemed to be all that. Any frequency band could be emphasized to the point of loud or suppressed into silence.

This week, one appeared on that bay place, in “very good condition”, for next to nothing. I thought to hit Buy It Now as fast as possible; before it gets away. But then reality set in. It’s clear enough that where my system is today, adding that processor would radically degrade and certainly not enhance the sound of my system.  

So now I find myself browsing that listing daily or worse. I’d appreciate reading similar accounts that others may have.

eurorack

@mofimadness I understood the attraction of the ADC/DBX joint venture into pink noise generators that you could use to shape a system's sound curve--i used it with sound curves published by various music magazines of pink noise generated in music halls to various seat locations and it worked quite nicely if you wanted to gradually roll off highs.  I still have my ss-525X but it is not in use because speakers and system are so much better than what i had then.  They were useful when most could only afford cheap speakers and equipment and i still think they can be useful in that application.

@eurorack (OP)

and GAS stands for ?
 

Even if my guess that G stands for gear is correct, I run out of gas after that.

GAS: Gear Acquisition Syndrome.

A somewhat pejorative label offered to people who perpetually buy, sell, and/or trade audio or HiFi equipment, often in the false hope of finding their last components.

Still, a Schiit Loki or Lokius can really help with bad recordings - especially those harsh early CDs.  And I really don't think they add much noise or distortion.