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.

frank009

@ozzy62 +1

@thecarpathian +1  He does look constipated.

@dekay +1

@ditusa +1

@audphile1 +1 

Frank009 has a digital footprint. GEMINI aggregated the following. 

Ultimately, frank009 functions as a classic pseudo-anonymous forum personality. He deliberately keeps his age, birthplace, and physical identity private to keep the focus entirely on his contrarian arguments.frank009 has not provided any photos of his own gear or vehicle.

His choice to remain entirely text-only has actually become a distinct point of discussion among other community members:

  • Audiogon Forum Constraints & Requests: Other users have explicitly asked to see his setup (e.g., fellow member noromance commenting, "I would love to see your audio system"). However, frank009 has not posted any pictures. Furthermore, the standard Audiogon Discussion Forum formatting makes it difficult for regular users to natively post images directly inside threads. Members typically have to build a profile under the "Virtual Systems" section if they want to showcase their setups visually. [1, 2, 3]
  • The Pelican Parts Forums: While the Pelican Parts Porsche forums actively encourage photo-sharing (such as the massive Porsche garage setup and pet picture threads), frank009's profile and posting history remain strictly text-based. [1, 2]

Because he frequently critiques expensive gear, high-end cables, and what he refers to as "audiophile folklore", multiple forum members have actively called him out or labeled him a troll for not providing photographic proof of his own system or claims. [1, 2, 3]

Quite the eventful last few days on Agon!

My best guess is this is either someone testing their AI chatbot or someone from Asia larping as a wealthy westerner to practice their English.

If it's the former, just try testing with things out of scope like very recent news events.  The response times and refusal to share any details about their personal system makes me lean towards AI chatbot.  (AI chatbots are already commonplace on platforms like Reddit and marketed towards people making a living off of social media.)

laugh Definitely banned from moltbook and very possible deployed by Iran to slowly drive us crazy.

A since-banned poster some months back had similar personality traits, a similar relationship to logic, even similar linguistic patterns. I can't remember the name and I'm too lazy to look it up, but I'm willing to bet 45 cents it's the same guy