Clearly a Troll poster looking for attention. These can get on my nerves.
Or, folks who interchange "than" and "then"! Sorry, couldn't resist!
Clearly a Troll poster looking for attention. These can get on my nerves.
"Comes from a pet free, smoke free home." (How would a potential buyer confirm that?)
"Recently professionally serviced" (No receipts to prove what work IF ANY actually done, or by whom)
"Works great, but needs work"
"Just recapped, but has small problem"
"Your buying guide to..."
"MONSTER RECEIVER!!!!!!"
"Under rated"
"Puts out way more power than specs say"
"This one won't last long!"
"Flies under the radar"
"A sleeper"
"Known for their buttery sound"
"I have no way of testing this" (seller's home/place of business lacks electricity?)
"I'm no audiophile, but this is a great piece of stereo"
Just make sure the "approval period" is longer than the suggested "break in period".alright, i will contribute what i think is a distraction to the idea that wire sounds different (it does). the term is FAIRY DUST. whereas a lot of people cannot discern a difference in sound between cabling, be it speaker or interconnect, or especially power wire, those differences do exist.
of COURSE, you won't likely hear differences with a receiver but as you move up the food chain to separate components, the differences become evident. one of the keys is to set a limit to how much to pay and mine is $100 for an interconnect. for speaker wire, i like to recommend audioquest type 4. here is a quick link:
i have used this wire as it was given to me gratis when i bought my adcom 555II amp. the difference between it and the moster twin lead came after i listened to the monster with the new amp for a week, then i changed it to the type 4 and my first impression was that there less bass. but after another week of listening, i realized that the bass overhang caused by the monster was obscuting how deep the aq wire was allowing me to hear and the clarity and imaging were noticeably better.
because both my adcom amp and ARC SP3a1 have captive power wires, i haven't personally experimented with power wire in my system.
so-FAIRY DUST? not. once a certain level of quality is reached with your components, like a better lens on a camera, improvements to the system are evident. that is not to say that all changes are audible. if you buy new, you can ask the dealer for an approval period after which you may return or exchange the product.
The phrase "critical listening session" bugs me for some reasonAll the verbiage used immediately gets processed fast and comfortably it all gets accepted.....except one word.....audiophile. Like it or not the use of it infers "finer listening" and can be very off putting for more than just a few. If you can appreciate the different pitches of a cat's scream (compared to the last time it complained?) it can be argued that you indeed are "an audiophile". Simply growing into understanding sound for yourself is where the truth starts and? I have a dream.
.... component is seemingly underpriced for its performance level. a good example fo this are the Andrew Jones designed speakers for ELAC and Pioneer in the last couple of years. once you hear them, you KNOW that you don't have to spend a fortune to get GREAT performance....
Apart from all the other entries here, my particular no-no:
"Those engineers with their oscilloscopes .... We listen to music, not sine waves ..."
Ya, sure
I used to watch my music on a very old radar calibration scope.
The old radio coots used to complain "What's a kilohertz? I seen a cycle, but I never seen a hertz."
...Or using "IC" for interconnect, thus ensuring ambiguity with "integrated circuit".Interconnect - it's dripping with cringe.