Pet audiophile peeves - name yours


1. Power supplies that are not the same size or finish as the preamp. Who decided this was a good idea?

2. Ridiculous and obvious snake oil salesman
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Showing 3 responses by mechans

1.The obssesive preoccupation with looking for miniscule blemishes or other very small cosmetic issues which don't have any impact on the sound. I thought we cared about music and sound.
2.Why can't we just let it go, when your systems sound good to us. The addiction to the hunt.
3.Stupidly high prices asecond on that one.
4.Packing and shipping with the original boxes.
5.the lack of being able to list more than one item except rare exceptions in an ad.
6. Why the rest of the population doesn't hear well.
1.The obssesive preoccupation with looking for miniscule blemishes or other very small cosmetic issues which don't have any impact on the sound. I thought we cared about music and sound.
2.Why can't we just let it go, when our systems sound good to us,after trial error and refinement. The addiction to the hunt.
3.Stupidly high prices, a big second on that one.
4.Packing and shipping without the original boxes.
5.The lack of being able to list more than one item in a single ad.(With rare exceptions)
6. Why the rest of the population either can't hear well or simply doesn't understand that music must be played out loud in the first event. Then only listen through inferior in the ear devices, which actually destroy soundstage to a mono center head sound, to formats which have half the data the musicians intended it to have.
Yes I love those hot stampers whose got all of them? Mine are stamped when the master is cold and I end up with blobs of semi cool vinyl with a few traces of the tracks. Acutally I know what some of the inner dead space markings now mean but just because you are getting a 1a 1a doesn't mean it will make it the reall hot stamper status any time and anyplace the seller may by law declare this or that record to be a hot stamper. All I really care about is whetherv it sounds goodand I do think a goodly amount of heat should be present during the stamping process.
The one thing I forgot to add earlier was the sickening lowballer definition when they are saying the price is firm in fact because offering anything other than their asking is a lowball. I think you should not be told that the seller knows that his price is a very fair price. If they mean a genuine value then it it easy a buyer will pay that much. Thus It is worth what somone will pay for it period. If you are being conceptual none of the prices in high end are fair.