Posted by GarMan [ 216.13.136.38 ] on February 14, 2005 at 08:16:15:

In Reply to: The audio component I long for the most. posted by James W. Johnson on February 13, 2005 at 12:53:19:

Spending money on a room? That is the most unsexy thing I've ever heard. In terms of bang-for-the-buck, $10,000 cryo-treated silver cables gives the most bragging rights. Even if the cables do nothing for your sound, you can still have all your friends over, pass it around and have them all drool over it.

It's like what I went through in the auto-slalom scene. Guys would spend thousands of dollars on in-take, exhaust, suspensions, etc to knock a few seconds off their time. I quickly realize that the best upgrade would be the driver behind the wheel. The few hundred dollars I spent on extra lessons gave me improvements I wouldn't get if I spent 10x that on the car. But still, guys and their shiny toys...

If we keep this up, pretty soon, we'll be suggesting something simple and sensible like switching off the forced air HVAC into the room during listening sessions to lower total noise floor.

Gar.

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