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| You know you're an audiophile if-- ...who claims to be clueless about what your obsession with separation and sound stage and stuff that means nothing to her has picked up enough from you that she doesn't even realize she has become a critic of other people's systems. At friend's h... | |
| You know you're an audiophile if-- You become a dealer of high end audio so that you can have half a million in equipment in the living room, thereby making your wife clueless about upgrades you "have" to try. Life was good. My wife would ask how much I'd sold that month, then how ... | |
| What time do you wear? I'm so used to wearing Omegas I forgot to say.I bought and sold watches on ebay so I was able to keep a lot of very nice watches.A few years ago I got the nicest Omega I had ever seen, it was one of the Aquaterra Tonneau solid 18k that normally ha... | |
| B&W 'New' 800 Series The speaker is not fatiguing, it is monitor revealing...Wire, wire, wire...PERIODUse inferior wire in Wilson WATTS and your ears will bleed. | |
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? Like "the ship of fools has finally run aground".We figure it's a political statement talking about republicans | |
| Tone of Muisc, SF - worst hifi experience. Yours? That's my favorite bottom feeding dealer that is.Sacramento, my fellow Balanced Audio Technology dealer, Chris. I talked BAT into letting me have their whole line of products from entry level to their best special edition versions. So I borrow $60... | |
| Tone of Muisc, SF - worst hifi experience. Yours? Checking out Singer, wanted to see first hand how they represented Meadowlark speakers $12k Blue Heron 2 that went head to head with an array of $20k+ speakers. Told the salesperson what I wanted to hear, he says "oh we have better speakers than t... | |
| What time do you wear? I wear an 18k/SS and a Stainless, I like the sapphire crystals that don't scratch | |
| why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable Price means next to nothing, I look at it in categories because one companies mid range may cost more than another company's extreme product, and the cheaper one may blow that away because their extreme costs over $20,000.So how about this more pe... | |
| Album which you have listened to most? Pink Floyd - The Division Bell.We listen to that a few times a week, the last song has some of the best guitar Gilmour has played and he can play a guitar. | |
| What music do you use to assess your system? Lesiem - Mystic Spirit Voices, Huge chorus, opera caliber male and female vocals, epic classic and electric guitar and drums. Think Enigma to a new level. Pure power, depth, and smoothness. They have a woman singing that sounds like Sarah Brightma... | |
| What music do you use to assess your system? Years ago as a dealer I would tell people to bring their favorite cd's so they can tell what they are hearing, then I would show them mine.I heard so much good stuff I'd never heard before, and I wanted it all. I made a list as I heard it and went... | |
| Words From the Wise If you can't hear a difference in comparison testing where there really should be one as referenced by other sources or reviews, figure out why, you obviously have a resolution problem that is limiting the detail level. To say as all too many "aud... | |
| How much does your system retail for? Need I say More? LMAOThere's a lot of guys who's wife are totally clueless. As I've enticed guys into buying things they didn't know they needed it always amazed my wife and I how many guys paid cash for things that go beyond their openly approved... | |
| What is Best SS AMP for $2000 and under? Good job, you've bought the last amp you'll want for a long long time.The 350's noteworthy strength among everything done perfectly is the greatest bass control of any amp...period. Speaker cables reward upgrades because it's the damping factor th... |