Most embarrassing mistake made in hifi

[Ant]

My most embarrassing hifi moment was thinking I would ever be really pleased with hifi

 

[TIU]

It seems a lot of members fell for the hype over the QED SA speaker cable. I escaped it luckily.

Skinflints. :lmao:

 

[stefanher]

In no particular order:

Linn Karik/Numerik- meant any listening to CD was torture extreme.

Being conned by the LP12 over a Thorens 124 by ( a different) dealer

Being conned by the Ekos over the Ittok

QED cable

Being told that the Linn Sara would make my ESL 57's sound like s--t ( that I didn't fall for)

Reading "What Hi Fi" back in the 80's.

 

[Boxer]

penance wrote:

boxer wrote:

Thought that would be Penance, not you Wiggers

jeez, give me some credit.

I was behind James, I'd bang 'im.

Wot? Do you draw the line at inanimate objects, or is it just that the Levinson doesn't do it for you? Would another CDP be OK?

I think we should be told!

Boxer

 

[TIU]

I think more fun could be had with speaker ports. [You didn't just type that did you? Shutup!]

 

[doctorjuggles]

I still use QED SA and I've never heard any other speaker cable in my system. What am I missing? Bear in mind that I can't hear any difference in interconnects.

 

[ob1]

What are you missing?

soundstage

bass

warm

treble

clarity

all imho doc, the good news is they are easy to sell on eBay, my went for about 70% of the original price.

 

[penance]

boxer wrote:

penance wrote:

boxer wrote:

Thought that would be Penance, not you Wiggers

jeez, give me some credit.

I was behind James, I'd bang 'im.

Wot? Do you draw the line at inanimate objects, or is it just that the Levinson doesn't do it for you? Would another CDP be OK?

I think we should be told!

Boxer

well, there was that incident with my Wadia, but at least the drawer got lubricated

 

[doctorjuggles]

What reasonably priced cable is the defacto alternative? I need it to be as thin as the SA (due to the placing of it) and I need it in large quantities. Not being glow-in-the-dark or bright green would be a help too.

What I might do is buy a small amount of whatever gets recommended and check it out. My setup requires metres and metres of the stuff though, because I have cables running from AV amp to source selector, plus from stereo amp to source selector, then from source selector to speakers. We're talking a good 25-30m of cable for my fronts (L/C/R)

 

[ob1]

Tent's fav is Vandamme very flexible too, I use rothwell custom made...I think they are the best for the money. £200/5 mitre.

 

[notaclue]

The idea that QED SA is somehow terrible is a hi-fi urban myth.

How on earth can it be terrible? Why is it terrible? What are the mechanisms that make it terrible?

See? Not one answer to those questions.

 

[Leonard Smalls]

I destroyed two Clearaudio Aurum Beta S cartridges due to being pissed up and shouting - first time while jumping about to Monochrome Set eearly singles, and second while getting over-excited by DAF's "Der Mussolini"..

 

[ob1]

notaclue wrote:

The idea that QED SA is somehow terrible is a hi-fi urban myth. How on earth can it be terrible? Why is it terrible? What are the mechanisms that make it terrible?

See? Not one answer to those questions.

Haven't a clue, so can't explain but in my own experience you can get a lot cheaper cables that sound a lot better than the QED. True the cables is a conductor and should not add anything to sound signal i suppose they take away too much from the sound.

 

[Mr Coherent]

3 really bad mistakes (must have been on LSD at the time I reckon lol)

2 Chords a dac 64 and the spm1200 c/e

The last was a passive pre

We all live and learn lol

 

[kingsxfan]

HiFiWigWam wrote:

Got my cock stuck in the drawer of a Mark Levinson CD player once at the Heathrow HiFi show. That was embarrassing I can tell thee.

Was it really that good?

 

[Purite Audio]

Imagining that HiFi reviewers would write a fair and accurate review free from bias.

 

[syep2001]

Spending more than £1 in richer sounds

 

[musicbox]

The MF Trivista Dac. total crap with lights on.

 

[OLST]

notaclue wrote:

The idea that QED SA is somehow terrible is a hi-fi urban myth. How on earth can it be terrible? Why is it terrible? What are the mechanisms that make it terrible?

See? Not one answer to those questions.

Second that ! Nothing wrong with that cable.

 

[Testure]

syep2001 wrote:

Spending more than £1 in richer sounds

Somethings there are exceptions, like buying That's Suono Metal tapes for around £1.50 a fair few years ago. Wish I had bought a lot more at the time:wall: