Lamp cord and speaker hanger audiophiles
I am retired now, but while I was working - I had probably a dozen or more coworkers within different departments reach out to me about system building.
The enthusiasm was certainly there - but what’s missing is their commitment to actually building a system; or a decent one at that.
These so-called gentlemen were the same people who pulled up to corporate dinners in their semi-high end luxury cars (i have a Bentley so I’m not picking on anyone) but it seems the best most of them could afford was BMW or Mercedes Benz. I sold my Maybach last year and acquired a Bentley; and I’m never going back!
With that said - the point I’m trying to get across is - they have the MEANS to spend, (doesn’t have to be excessive) but cheap out on everything. You find out later that they’ve been leasing their vehicles, don’t own any or very basic real estate, etc.
Sometimes they complain when a steak dinner is about 50 dollars or a pasta dish is just over 30 dollars. This is not even expensive. I told some of them to get with the program, and they apologized to me in person and over email.
And with rising gas prices, they’ve been complaining even more, and trying to save money at every turn.
These guys don’t really live their lives. They just live to exist and impress their wives - You know, happy wife - happy life. And they are miserable.
Before I retired, one such fellow was annoying the daylights out of me.
Showed me an all plastic low-fi system from the 1990s that he had inherited from his deceased brother. Told me he had 100 dollars to spend to make it sound better. I told him that was not good enough considering the amplifier was just so lousy.
Well guess what? He passed away a month ago. He died in his sleep. He was going through a very turbulent marriage and his daughter wanted to move to Nigeria to live with some guy she met online.
The one thing he told me that he had was - alone time, because his wife would barely talk to him. It’s sad and unfortunate that he never got to enjoy his money.
He was earning about 150k a year, which is kind of okay.
What’s not okay was trying to save money at every turn. You can’t take any of the things you acquire with you; and we only have this one life...
He was the perfect example of a lamp cord and speaker hanger audiophile.
At one point, he tried using bent coat hangers on speaker terminals. I am actually serious. he found an article that was linked to Audio Science Review.
Godspeed.
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@ditusa , I dont see it. Completely different styles. Zero similarities. Jerry’s latest was foggyus91. He went away. |
What makes this narcissistic troll uninteresting is his utter predictability, lack of ability to have a normal conversation. He has started several threads in the course of just few days. These threads are all the same concept - to provoke, draw attention and cause an emotional reaction. He’s succeeded at first though. But…he’s a one trick pony - kind of flat and repetitive, and because of it, just in couple of days the novelty has worn thin. With each new thread it’s the same old song n dance. Exhausting and uninspiring nonsense
I must have struck his nerve so he went looking for my posts calling me out in every single thread, reserved to ad hominem attacks and attempted to insult me. Typical of a troll with a big ego. |
To clarify, I didn't refer to a person obsessed with muscle cars a dumass....I referred to the very concept of a car as a boring dumass thing, in general.. I had a Gtr when i was a tad younger living in cali..before i moved myself to the midwest. That thing was so loud and obnoxious man, couldn't listen to any music in it...My current Tesla with its low noise floor fits my lifestyle better. I can actually enjoy music in my car, how novel! @frank009 wrote
Jealousy? Me? Haha... Dude, I can buy different things i see at the shows...but, i don't...because I can very quickly tally up what the bom was, compute the engineering hours and deem what the mark up is....Its a great insult, y'know? when you write a check and the guy who sold it to you has that lil snicker on his face, (deeming you an idiot, because ya overpaid, way over what the damn thing was every worth.) Every well off dude is not a dummy.. some are good at math and engineering n all... All in all... get one thing straight...when this transient thing called the lifespan ends, you are not taking a single penny with you. Every atom has to be given back in its entirety (Mama nature is a terrible debter). You don't wanna be the guy who has to pop a few pills to feel an ounce of happiness at the end of the day in this transient thing called life.... irrespective of which Bentley or whatever sat in which garage.. Do a deeper Re-eval of things... God bless
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