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Is this when you have "arrived??"

Just had a guest leave my house after a quick early morning listening session.
Only 4 album sides, the last of them being Tales of Mystery and Imagination Alan Parsons.
Towards the end of the first part, he was making the couch shake. I looked over.

He was crying. (Not because his ears hurt)

He was ashamed. This is the second time this has happened to me, but the first time without "enhancements" being involved.

Have I arrived at true high end?

Gumbydammit (Threads | Answers | This Thread)

04-25-08

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04-25-08 Congratulations. i think this is certainly good news. what ... Cwlondon

04-25-08 If your system can help you to learn to appreciate music pas ... Shadorne

04-25-08 Gumby: was this a result of playing the original or remaste ... Gerryn

04-25-08 Get new, more comfortable couch & loosen the ropes. :) p.s ... Mrjstark

04-25-08 It sounds to me like your friend has deep personal issues th ... Rudd

04-25-08 Maybe your guest has some personal/family issues. imo, it's ... Tvad

04-25-08 Lol, no it was completely audio driven. i told him not to wo ... Gumbydammit

04-25-08 If it works again, trade mark it, write a book about it and ... Prcinka

04-25-08 Apparently, when it comes to audio you know what you are doi ... Tvad

04-25-08 A grace tonearm? now that is old! from the 70's? Gawdbless

04-25-08 Yes, from the 70's...as is my table. well, not the bearing. ... Gumbydammit

04-25-08 Or the motor or the dustcover or the belt or the suspension Gumbydammit

04-25-08 Sorry - and i do not wish to offend - but i have to object. ... Ghosthouse

04-25-08 That sounds like a wonderful moment. thanks for sharing. i o ... Tobias

04-25-08 Nice move tobias. Mrjstark

04-25-08 'there's no crying in audio...unless ups did a number of you ... Jaybo

04-25-08 Ghosthouse, you "object" what is it you object to ... Gumbydammit

04-25-08 The lp12 must surely be the most classic piece of hi-fi.ever ... Gawdbless

04-25-08 crying over alan parsons? i would gently slide further away ... Chadnliz

04-25-08 Gumbydammit, which benz mc are you using? i have the grado ... Abucktwoeighty

04-25-08 I almost cried when my daughter wanted to bake her cookies ... Mrjstark

04-25-08 I cried inside the first time i heard parson's. i wanted tha ... Tabl10s

04-26-08 Gumbydammit. i think you should cut ghosthouse some slack. h ... Jndean

04-26-08 All the big, bad ,strong and mean men really don't cry now d ... Glory

04-26-08 I don't consider myself a big, bad, strong, mean man, but i ... Jmcgrogan2

04-26-08 Okay, last shot at this point. i should have not even bother ... Gumbydammit

04-26-08 abucktwoeighty, i have a benz ace, whi ... Gumbydammit

04-26-08 I got it. thanks, gumby. john Jndean

04-27-08 Very funny chad-thanks! Electroid

04-27-08 reminds me of the (joke) story of the family that refused t ... Albertporter

04-27-08 Good one albert. it's a nice story gumbydammit! whatever hap ... Ausjoe

04-28-08 Was this person familiar with a sound of a hi-end audio syst ... Audphile1

04-29-08 Are you able to disclose the exact track? i would like to t ... Cwlondon

04-30-08 I've found myself teary during movies. i didn't particularl ... Ngjockey

04-30-08 Which side of alan parsons? Cwlondon

04-30-08 I find suzanne vega's luka is a tear jerker...you really fee ... Shadorne

04-30-08 It was tough to feel anything for the luka song as it was of ... Chadnliz

05-01-08 To me, "alone again, naturally" and dan fogelberg' ... Tabl10s

05-01-08 To me, "alone again, naturally" and dan fogelberg' ... Tabl10s

05-01-08 understandable. i agree about the coffee house angle. a mo ... Shadorne

05-02-08 sort of familiar with best buy mid-fi, but never heard anyt ... Gumbydammit

05-03-08 Now, if he would have cried listening to bork, that would ha ... Douglas_schroeder

05-03-08 Or realizing that his wife will never let him have it. that ... Mrjstark

05-04-08 absolutely! good one. a wife with a permanent headache dese ... Shadorne