Artizen, How about selling the rest except 10 of the best sonics for a better player or separates? |
You once wondered how anyone could accumulate so many A'gon points and you are now somewhere in the 3 digits and climbing. |
You might be an audiophile if you have a thousand CD's in you collection and only listen to those favorite 10 because of their sonic characteristics. (Not guilty any more) |
You find yourself buying the same album/composition (especially if it's on CD) over and over again, because there's something not quite right.... |
You use $20,000 cd player as a transport but your best clothes are from Walmart.
You live with your wife and seven children in one room apartment which is a dedicated listening room.
The worst thing that can happen to you is loosing your stereo system because you have nothing more left. This is the outcome of your constant upgrades. |
Your dealer offers to fly in from Texas to do that turntable upgrade. |
The only contested item in your divorce was the stereo system. And you agreed to buy a new one for the wife, Because she wouldnt trust anyone else. |
You travel 2,500 miles across the country to see to see your significant other's family and within 5 minutes of arrival you're talking to your brother in law about tube vs transistor power amps. |
The bill collectors start calling.
That damn $$$ cable was such a good price, oh yeah. |
You finish reading this thread and go off on someone who paid big bucks for this high-end Cd player, just to sell it on the cheap because he didn't want to go buy everything again on vinyl and you laugh and laugh....just to realize that He just posted on this thread, too......
(true story...) |
....you overhear some clods at a bar talking about a "3-way", and you think they're discussing a type of dynamic loudspeaker design. |
........your posting on this thread instead of eating Thanksgiving dinner.
:-) |
Don't invite certain people (wife's best friend) to dinner parties because they have two 3 and 5 year old hellions that see my audio equipment as an extension to their play things. I really, really do not like the parents either. They blame me for having as they say, "a disease." |
Your local audio dealer sends you a sympathy card when someone in your family passes away, and it's signed by the the owner. (True story.) |
You have a dream that someone stole your power cords and interconnects. |
when your girlfriend of 5 days arrives from another country , moves in and gives you her money from her 2 year savings to buy new speakers.that was exact 25 years ago ,still have the guess what? no, not the speakers ,changed manny of those. |
The only reason you got bent out of shape when the gas prices soared was the raise in shipping costs of the gear your just ordered. |
Your dogs whine an alert even before the UPS driver steps off the truck. True story. |
If your wife spend her money on facial reconstruction surgery to make it identical to a Black Diamond Racing puck so you will look at her . |
your girlfriend suggests that you put your whole house on ball bearings to reduce the negative effect of the earth's vibrations on your audio system. |
You're planning on replacing a perfectly good refrigerator, becasue it makes a little too much noise.. |
You finally convince your wife the cost of the new speakers and amp will be offset by the sale of the old equipment on Audiogon...
Once you have her swayed to buying new audio equipment. Then switch the story/logic to... "how can I sell the Spica T-60's and silver faced Classe amp. They are classics. I'll never forgive myself. Besides it's good to have a backup system. Our son (who's only 9!) will be able to use them in the playroom. I can't bear the thought of him listening through some junky system from BestBuy. And we'd (yes he said we!) will end up spending at least what I'd get for them on Audiogon at BestBuy on a subpar system.... "
and you're an audiophile wife if...
that all makes perfect sense! |
your wife actually understands why spending $800 on a single pair of cables is desireable. Hint: try throwing discussing more trivial non-technical topics like how you'll afford shoes for the kids, etc. Er, OK maybe not. |
When I bought a pair of Carver's Amazing Loudspeakers in 88 I actually had a friend that thought they were ironing boards. |
you listen to a CD of Whale songs(No background music)for the soundstage qualities...I did. |
Dean,
I really wanted to buy the 5910, but was concerned about investing big bucks and then HD-DVD comes along. Even if HD comes out this Christmas, I think I'll still have about two years before there's enough software and the players are "affordable" .
Thanks, |
Prpixel,
I hope you have better luck with this unit. A lot of people have these modded and I've never heard of a problem with them. May the search end here. Good luck!
Until the next format change, heheh.
Dean |
Yet another Denon; a DVD-3910. I also ordered an HDMI cable. FIgured if I'm getting new eyes, I might as well try to get the best picture. I will play around with it for a few weeks, then start looking into mods. |
Prpixel, what did you get? |
...if you use cataract surgery as an excuse to upgrade. |
the UPS and FedEx guys know not to stop when they see the wife's car in the driveway. |
You tell your friends (for the 20th time) that you're 'done', and they just roll their eyes. You want to defend your sanity but don't since they'll never understand anyway. |
Your Maggies look like coffee tables on end to your house guests. If you find any of this sh-t funny or TRUE! |
... the names of your children are
Conrad Johnson_______, Cary ______, Callisto_______, Avalon_______,Aragon(not Aragorn)______, and Merlin Porter! |
Your maid has passed a 50 question test on the care and handling of high end audio gear (all essay questions)! |
Nrchy, who knows, maybe that would spark a trend - the fresh corpse tweak. You could even spwan variations, like the cryo'ed corpse as cable dressing. The possibilities are endless. Actually I guess I know I;m an audiophile, since I've rambled on for much too long about an imaginary, and morbid, tweak. Time for bed. |
With my vinyl??? I want to be buried in the Classe amplifier flight case, with the vinyl in there too...
Will that affect the resale value of my amp? |
you have written in your will to be barried with your Vinyl. |
You spend 30 mins reading this thread on your computer at work, laughing out loud, risking your job and reputation. |
Audiotomb, unluckily these days I'm finding the sweet spot more accessible than that rare wet spot, heheh. |
you're the only person in the audience that thinks the cinema's THX system is grating on the ears
you not only have a dac and know what one is, you insist on several digital output formats
your friends own boats, you actually use your hobby on a nightly basis
you cringe at the word digital
you spend hours on speaker placement and can actually hear
great width and depth after all your toils
you know the sonice coloractions of various cables, amps, etc more distinctly that a vineyard owner knows his wines
you'll sleep in the wet spot to have first dibs on the sweet spot (sorry - couldn't resist) |
the word "180 gram" elicits a new purchase despite your having both vinyl and cd copies of the recording already
your carpet has long needed replacing but you've spent those funds on several cable upgrades (true story)
you stay single so you won't have to deal with the waf factor or placing speakers too close to the wall
your front wall in specially reinforced to hold your turntable stand
your electrican asks what the second curcuit breaker is for
your daughter's car will have to wait till she's more responsible or those new Von Schweikerts are yours, sorry honey
a colleague tells you about his great surround sound setup and you resist telling him he could have had a decent starter two channel set up
your artwork on the back wall is made by echobusters
when a hurricane is threatening - you pack your valuables
tube pre amp, turntable, amplifier, interconnects
you don't know who the ceo of the company you work for is, but you can discuss at length the standing wave frequencies of all the dimensions of your music room
you can't wait to get $1800 spare dollars to buy a record cleaner you've read a master's thesis on at audiogon(Loricraft)
the record store owner gets nervous when you tell him you are going on vacation next week
you claim no exemptions on your taxes so that refund is big enough for a serious upgrade
Steve of Great Northern Sounds has dibs on your firstborn
your treasured stash is a few pristine sets of NOS 6922s
you've spent more on balanced power than your air conditioner costs
.... |
This thread's HILARIOUS !!
I'm guilty as hell on ALL counts !!
Only thing I need is that converted room from Rive's link, with a *secret entrance door* and no ringing phones.
(Yeah, the Kharmas would be nice too) |
Gunbei,
Guilty on both counts. |
You have your entire LP and CD list downloaded to your palm pilot and take it with you shopping so you won't buy any more duplicates. (guilty) |
You might be an audiophile or a computer whiz if you have the moniker "Prpixel", heheh. |
Alright honey, but we have to do it in front of the stereo. The tubes have finally come up to temp and I just have to hear this new 200g pressing of....... |
Not tonight Honey, I'm still burning in my cable. |
you get a mullet haircut to look like MG, film your wife taking the dealers 6SN7 - SWAP HER FOR A QUIET PAIR !
Then you won't need a lock on the door to keep her from bumping into the speaker blocking the doorway, or the cd rack behind the door, fooling your speaker that there's actually a wall there.
Must go & Silclear the wires into the dedicated main - installed last week but it must have slackened of half a turn by now.
We can all hear the difference between UPS,Fedex & ups - always the same result tho, broken new toys! |
Driver,
I can actually hear the difference the UPS, Fedex and Postal trucks. LOL |
