the googlphonic stereo from HELL

eSGEe said:



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So lemme get this straight.
He lives in the Taj Mahal. Each of his speakers has it's own wool rug.
He's got Krill running his lows and mids.
Then he's got Crest running his tweeters?
What the heck does he do for phase correction?
It's the most massive cancellation I've ever witnessed.
 
and after listening for a year he will decide it sounds like poop and need 2 rooms opposing one another w/ 1.21 giga watts to power each room in tandem and a chair set right in the middle.............. which in 2 years will sound like poop too
 
Aaaand...it still doesn't have the power and dynamics of a live performance. But the dude literally says "music couldn't sound this good any other way"o_O

Of course the guy can spend his money and time any way he wants, but this kind of excess has got to be a symptom of OCD.
 
gball said:
Aaaand...it still doesn't have the power and dynamics of a live performance. But the dude literally says "music couldn't sound this good any other way"o_O

Of course the guy can spend his money and time any way he wants, but this kind of excess has got to be a symptom of OCD.
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Sometimes the project becomes more important than the product. He loves the equipment for what it is apart from what it can do. We have all been there.

As many of the comments mentioned, you really don't get to see the system in action. I wonder if he genuinely loves music, as opposed to just audio equipment.
 
RVA said:
Sometimes the project becomes more important than the product. He loves the equipment for what it is apart from what it can do. We have all been there.

As many of the comments mentioned, you really don't get to see the system in action. I wonder if he genuinely loves music, as opposed to just audio equipment.
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I've had a few self-identifying audiophiles as friends, and I do agree with you - seems the pursuit of the system becomes more important than the appreciation of music at some point. I even had the experience of assembling a high-end system myself a while back and ended up having to rein myself in because I realized I was putting lots of money into amps/preamps/speakers/etc but not into buying new music. So I sold all of my expensive audio gear and bought a pretty modest received and CD Player and a whole bunch of new music instead.
 
gball said:
I've had a few self-identifying audiophiles as friends, and I do agree with you - seems the pursuit of the system becomes more important than the appreciation of music at some point. I even had the experience of assembling a high-end system myself a while back and ended up having to rein myself in because I realized I was putting lots of money into amps/preamps/speakers/etc but not into buying new music. So I sold all of my expensive audio gear and bought a pretty modest received and CD Player and a whole bunch of new music instead.
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The whole mess can be avoided with a great pair of headphones!
 
or a peavey Bandit 112 from the 80s........................................... :hide:
 
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