You know you're an audiophile if...

[Spike]

1. You know the total Q of your speaker in addition to the radiating surface area.
2. You have read and understand the service manuals (including schematics) for all of your components, past and current.
   
   ...And you keep them in your library just in case another audiophile needs the information.​
3. You discuss circuit topologies and product features with the designer on future products.
   
   ...And participate in early, beta testing program.​
4. Lastly, you read every post in this thread, AND understand every item posted!

Spike

 

[User211]

1. Lastly, you read every post in this thread, AND understand every item posted!

Spike

Top.......!

 

[C.A.P]

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- you have sussed out how to place your CLS to within the nearest micron (soz CAP), ***k up your floor with tape, then tell everyone else how to do the same



wow - this could get really personal - apologies to all, but everyone deserves a tickle every now and then... but then I did seem to feature more than most, but Ethan definately wins

am I banned?

LMFAO hard that is so funny ! ***K up your floor with tape then, tell everyone else to do it :ROFL: That was funny! We all need to look at our own self and laugh ! Good post

 

[tonepub]

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- you spend $100K+ on hi-fi gear (soz Jeff)

Guilty as charged, but still happy with it. My closest friend has a Porsche GT3 that cost him about what I spent on my system and we'd both like the other thing...

And we each weasel each other to our spouses" Well, at least I didn't spend as much as he did on a car..." etc. etc.

So, now and then I get a few hours in the GT3 and he brings his favorite records over. Works pretty well..

Seriously, if I didn't do this for a living, I'd probably be pretty happy with a pair of Vantages, my Luxman integrated, Luxman combination player and Rega P9.... I could live with that system forever.

 

[Burke]

Seriously, if I didn't do this for a living, I'd probably be pretty happy with a pair of Vantages, my Luxman integrated, Luxman combination player and Rega P9.... I could live with that system forever./QUOTE]


So, You only got the CLXs for 'professional reasons'

 

[JonFo]

you're unable to play a CD or record from start to finish without stopping to "adjust things a bit"

Bingo!

Sooo true, and a great test of whether somone is or isn't

 

[TomDac]

You know you're an audiophile if...

you own and operate an online website forum dedicated to an equipment manufacturer's products.

(somebody shoot me)

 

[jfm]

this one's for you Tom

 

[tonepub]

Seriously, if I didn't do this for a living, I'd probably be pretty happy with a pair of Vantages, my Luxman integrated, Luxman combination player and Rega P9.... I could live with that system forever./QUOTE]


So, You only got the CLXs for 'professional reasons'

Yep, I was perfectly happy with my Summits.

No question the CLX is more speaker, but unfortunately the reviewer thing is quite political. When you call a mfr and want to review their 40 thousand dollar CD player, the next question out of their mouth is "What's your system like?" If you tell them that your digital front end is a Modwright transporter, the phone goes click....

No disrespect to Modwright, insert any 3-4 thousand dollar digital front end there...

Same with all the rest of it. If they don't think you are playing on a high enough level, they feel you don't have enough seat time and experience to be entitled to the mega stuff.

What's also helped us ramp up as fast as we did was the fact that I got out the checkbook and bought my reference systems. Again, if the mfr thinks you are just trying to weasel stuff on long term loan so you can talk about it, they think twice about sending it out. Only the top guys at TAS and stereophile get the privilege of not having to write a check and keep the stuff for a year.

Now that I have a pair of CLX's, it's a lot easier to get the 100K speakers in for review...

Wacky, but it's the way the game gets played. It's like driving to the Ferrari dealer in a Hyundai. They won't talk to you, but show up in a Porsche and they figure you have a chance at being able to write the check.

 

[Gordon Gray]

This is one I do almost every evening.

You know you ........

if you turn your refrigerator off when you listen to music.

GG

 

[slowGEEZR]

- you turn off your air conditioning to listen, so you don't hear the air from the vent.

-you live just a couple of miles from the twisties and you've got a Porsche in the garage, but you listen to music instead of driving.

-you live just a couple of miles from the twisties and you've got a motorcycle in the garage, but you listen to music instead of riding.

-you intentionally let the house get freezing cold, so you can listen to your tubed system without turning on the air conditioning.

-you leave flyers from Acoustic Sounds and Music Direct lying around, with items circled at Christmas, birthdays, etc.

 

[tonepub]

that's a good one....

 

[amey01]

This is one I do almost every evening.

You know you ........

if you turn your refrigerator off when you listen to music.

GG

Abso-bloody-lutely!

 

[TomD]

Great stuff, I'm really enjoying this

How about. . .

. . .you can't wait till the concert is over so you can get home and listen to them properly on your system

. . .your wife left you two weeks ago but you don't notice because your to involved with tweaking your system

. . .you show up at your local high-end store to find their out of business and wind up a quivering mess on the pavement yelling THERE IS NO GOD

. . .you refer to your system as 'my prreeccioussss'

. . .you find yourself in a Circuit City and get arrested for attacking a salesperson for selling someone a Bose system

 

[slowGEEZR]

Great stuff, I'm really enjoying this

How about. . .

.
. . .you refer to your system as 'my prreeccioussss'

Oh, then you've got it reeeeeally bad!

 

[Burke]

. . .you refer to your system as 'my prreeccioussss'

I tell my wife and friends that I am on the lunatic fringe.

they are not convinced about the 'fringe' part.

 

[CCH]

‘Fun to see all of the additions to this thread. Here are a few more of the double-entendre variety:

...you worry about being too bright.

...you lecture guys at the gym about power conditioning.

...you don’t think that the opposite of solid-state is liquid-state.

...you’re a man’s man who shuns power and seeks high sensitivity.

...cans are something you wear, and they must not deliver hash.

...you know that MOS FET is not a Star Wars character.

...you don’t think that MDF is something we went looking for in Iraq.

...you need inputs but you don’t want feedback.

...your mental image of a “fine build” is a half-inch thick aluminum faceplate.

...you self-terminate. (Let’s hope not!)



Craig

 

[Burke]

Yep, I was perfectly happy with my Summits.

No question the CLX is more speaker, but unfortunately the reviewer thing is quite political. When you call a mfr and want to review their 40 thousand dollar CD player, the next question out of their mouth is "What's your system like?" If you tell them that your digital front end is a Modwright transporter, the phone goes click....

No disrespect to Modwright, insert any 3-4 thousand dollar digital front end there...

Same with all the rest of it. If they don't think you are playing on a high enough level, they feel you don't have enough seat time and experience to be entitled to the mega stuff.

What's also helped us ramp up as fast as we did was the fact that I got out the checkbook and bought my reference systems. Again, if the mfr thinks you are just trying to weasel stuff on long term loan so you can talk about it, they think twice about sending it out. Only the top guys at TAS and stereophile get the privilege of not having to write a check and keep the stuff for a year.

Now that I have a pair of CLX's, it's a lot easier to get the 100K speakers in for review...

Wacky, but it's the way the game gets played. It's like driving to the Ferrari dealer in a Hyundai. They won't talk to you, but show up in a Porsche and they figure you have a chance at being able to write the check.

Sorry if I offended you, it was not my intention. I was trying to keep this light / make a joke (it obviously did not work, for that I do sincerely apologize.) I do understand the nature of your business and the points you make. But to talk about the CLXs the way you do and then say the Summits are as good is a little like saying "but I didn't inhale". Let's call it like it is. The Summits are great speakers but the CLXs are better and that you enjoy the H.. out them every time you listen. This is the 'lunatic fringe' and I for one enjoy it.

 

[jfm]

-- your wife buys herself a CD and complains about the "poor recording quality"

-- your wife buys herself a VINYL RECORD and asks to listen to it

poor girl MUST be married to an audiophile

 

[Rich]

. . . your wife uses your audio equipment purchases as blackmail to force you into giving her a full bathroom remodel (and it works).

(credit to Jeff D.)