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How does one get off the merry-go-round? Usually, one runs out of money	422
You know you're an audiophile if-- When you're obsessed with posting in audio forums	205
Fed up with people making noise at classical shows Think I'll stick with Tool concerts	115
A true believer I bet you drive down the road commenting on the wheels in people's driveways. Personally, I don't know why everyone doesn't drive a pick-up truck. I'm just saying	107
Disappointing Evening :-) LOL. Am I the only one who thinks you set yourself up? I never talk about my system with the un-enlightened, and they have to really beg if they ever do mention listening to . . .	106
Best steak to eat while listening to your rig? There is NO eating in my listening room. Beverages are tricky enough. I much prefer a Boston Butt, cooked about 14 hours with apple wood. It's a southern thing	92
Why aren't the older members still active ? "and then one day you find, 10 years have got behind you	90
Are you too old to be an audiophile? I don't think you ever get too old to tell someone else what they listen to sucks. Isn't that the real audiophile hobby	87
Number of yrs. to reach the finished line? I'm done. I'm very happy with the sound I get. Maybe a real RCM at some point but nothing more in the system	71
Balanced vs standard power I'm interested in balanced power, and I have a question I hope you guys might now. I have two amps that I like to run together, but the hum like crazy when both are plugged. I know. . .	58
Some thoughts about value in high-end audio What? You need some magazine prostitute to validate your opinion? ;-) No offense, but who cares what some reviewer thinks	55
Hurricane Irene The track is truly the worst case scenario forecasters have warned about. Fortunately, Irene was not able to strengthen as it moved up the coast toward N.C. If this was even a cat . . .	51
My love of music is killing me. Dean, we lost our youngest son, Michael, 9 years ago. I know what I went through and can understand your pain and anger. It took me about 6 years to realize there was no one I . . .	48
are audiophiles different than non audiophiles ? There are guys out there building catapults to chuck watermelons, for god's sake. We aren't that different. Except, they have a much more realistic goal	45
So, what DON'T you spend money on? Smart phones and f***ng Ipads	44
Best excuse for playing loud music? Cuz this one goes to eleven	32
Best travel destinations for audiophiles My basement, where my system lives	30
What credit cards do you use? Sometimes I use the CC up front and then I borrow against my 401k, pay off the cc balance, and pay myself back at a higher interest rate than I can otherwise get from money market. . .	30
Metal, aluminum, or wood for a rack ? You guys all have some nice looking racks. ;-) Are you looking for improvements or just a different look? I ask because I'm leaning toward re-doing my racks also. In my case I have. . .	27
Middle Eastern, North African music these days? Is Masekela north African, or south African? Anyway, I like him a a lot. Also, Dudu Pakwana. This makes me want to go through that stack of s. African jazz a friend gave me a while. . .	25
Who are these crazy people? Thanks for sharing this, Ncarv! Hey, remember when the FM stations used to do this? Play an entire album side with no breaks. Brilliant	23
What does it take to have a revealing system? A good deal of it is resonance control. Everywhere. Some is mechanical and some is electrical. If you ever experience ringing from a transformer or other such device you'll . . .	22
redneck iPod in-car connection This is a piece of cake in my F-150 with Sync, but honestly, the CD player still sounds much, much better	14
Tweaks Rodman, where were you in Fla back in '75-'78	13
B&W at the Indy 500 Uh, Indy DID have a fan base almost as big as NASCAR. THEY screwed it up themselves with that IROC crap back in the 80's. Now the have to stoop to trickery ala Ms. Patrick to get . . .	12
GIK, Rives, Real Traps Great advice so far. GIK and Real Traps are the real deal. (Pardon the pun.) Pop over to the acoustic circle on AudioCircle and you can usually converse directly with Ethan and . . .	10
iPod & Bose Dock hospital Congrats on the birth of your son! First? Second? I'm with Tpreaves. Let's all prey you didn't do permanent damage to his audiophool genes with that ipod/bose setup. Goodness, . . .	9
acoustic ceilings Even with reflective or diffusion panels, there will still be that big space behind the ceiling. What was offered to me was that the best thing is to fill the perimeter of the . . .	8
The Order of Obsolescence It makes sense. Where is the market competition the stiffest? At the bleeding edge. The old market technology is not competing for the dollars in the faster pace new market. I'm . . .	8
didnt take long for commercial ads to show up You don't know much about Audiogon, do you? This IS a commercial site	5
Help me with treating my room First thing is that you have an issue with LF build up that is seen in the waterfall plot. Most all rooms have an issue like this but the graphs are really telling. Some kind of . . .	5
Best room correction of the ones listed? Old joke, but it was funny the first time around. Nathan has a very sharp wit	3
12 volt tube amplification? I thought Bottlehead was working on something like this for car stereos. Send them an email, I bet they can point you to something. If you are looking for 12vdc for your home amp. . .	2