What will you not buy?


No brand names please and choices need not have any particular aesthetic or technical justification. 

For me:

No black ash.

Nothing with more than 4 tubes.

Square or rectangle headphones.

Cables with batteries or box like protrusions.

Gobbly gook word salad descriptions. (It can be bs, but needs to be good bs.)

 

jpwarren58

Anything that gets hyped here, on other forums, or any audio media outlet.  Shortly after the hype, you start seeing the hyped item show up on for-sale sites.

Not interested in renting or buying anything that brings me stress and strife. Life is too short to choose otherwise. 
 

Peace

+1 on no ugly, or fake equipment.  No turntable (I may eat that one).

No blue meters.  Try to avoid Silver faceplates (see my black Tambaqui).

No Tubes (for this I just don't listen to them; afraid I might like them. 

I did try once).

No more surround processing.  

  • No LEDs under tubes.
  • No overpriced anything.
  • No remastered recordings where the life is ripped from the analog original and replaced with an initially impressive digital mush.
  • No politics in audio threads.