While there are many members here who most definitely do NOT drink that infamous Audiophile Kool-Aid, I suspect that many of those same members may have at one time or another drank deeply from that heady elixir. Although judging from my many posts calling BS on the current state of audiophile (mis)beliefs, I too was once an audiophile high on that Kool-Aid (just look at my signature below to see some of the traces of those times).
With that in mind I thought that it might be amusing to hear about some of the crazier things many of you may have done while under the influence of Audiophile Kool-Aid. I'll get the ball rolling with a few my past transgressions against science and good old common sense. A few quick disclaimers - most of my purchases throughout the years have been on the used equipment market. Since many die hard audiophiles are always chasing the next big thing and constantly upgrading the used equipment market in high end audio is a good way to pick up some rather nice equipment at much reduced cost. Luckily for me back in 2006 I purchased my first Squeezebox , which was soon followed by a Transporter and it was the move to computer based digital audio that helped to "cure" me of my audiophilia before I went completely over the edge. Most of the items listed below were purchased before the Transporter. Dedicated circuit for my digital components with an audiophile receptacle and a single outlet "digital" power filter Heavy duty audiophile power cords Bi-wired speakers (yes my Vandersteen Model 3A Signatures are bi-wired) Audiophile universal disc player Fancy headphone cables, some silver and some copper Living Rm: Transporter-SimAudio pre/power amps-Vandersteen 3A Sign. & sub Home Theater: Touch-Marantz HTR-Energy Veritas 2.1 & Linn sub Computer Rm: Touch-Headroom Desktop w/DAC-Aragon amp-Energy Veritas 2.1 & Energy sub Bedroom: Touch-HR Desktop w/DAC-Audio Refinement amp-Energy Veritas 2.0 Guest Rm: Duet-Sony soundbar Garage: SB3-JVC compact system Controls: iPeng; SB Controller; Moose & Muso Server: SBS on dedicated windows 7 computer w/2 Drobos 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/jazzfann/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ralphpnj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103238 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
