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How about a contest?

I see pretty awesome systems in the virtual systems section. Just look at the Done for Now and All Out Assault categories.

In this web-site are people to say this product is better than that one, or spending this much money is foolish or not spending enough is foolish. But here the rubber can never really meet the road. If you get my drift.

It would seem that with all the zeal for knowledge here, the know-it-alls, the humble, the competitive spirit, you would think that Audiogon would by now have developed a contest format, maybe even charge an entrance fee, employ a few professionals and or retired members to travel to homes to evaluate and score and submit the compiled results. There could even be different winners for different categories.

They do this type of thing in other hobbies, slot cars, shooting, etc, so why not provide an arena for the best systems.

Who would be interested in a contest?

Let the games begin!
knot2b

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reubent
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Uh, slot cars and shooting (target) ARE competitive events. That's the point! I think most people build audio systems to actually listen to music. This is mostly a solitary event, or sometimes shared with a close significant other. I'll even go as far as some folks get together with other interested hobbiest to enjoy listening together. However, I don't think listening to music is a competitive event.

In general, I don't think most of the people that frequent this board have much in common with the people that do car stereo competitions. That event is about LOUD and breaking things is common and a sign of success (windshields). Here, breaking something is generally a bad thing!

If you get into home audio in an effort to try to one-up your buddy, you are going to spend a lot of money! Oh, and you will likely miss the whole point of the exercise!

Enjoy,

TIC
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