You know you are an audiophile when...

[PYP]

you are watching a movie with your significant other and at a pivotal point in the plot/character relationships, you say:  "Nice speakers!  Those are the blah, blah.  I think they are the newest iteration."  Or:  "The set designer really likes the blue lights on the McIntosh gear."    

[Superdad]

2 hours ago, PYP said:

you are watching a movie with your significant other and at a pivotal point in the plot/character relationships, you say:

"Hey, the LP on the turntable is the same artist/album being played on the soundtrack, but that song is the second-to-last track, not the first track that the tonearm is playing!"

[True story. ]

[Superdad]

...when... You get into a rental car and the first thing you do is reset/readjust whatever sound/EQ settings are available on the built-in stereo unit (usually badly boosted in both bass and treble by the last renter).

[Iving]

3 hours ago, PYP said:

you are watching a movie with your significant other and at a pivotal point in the plot/character relationships, you say:  "Nice speakers!  Those are the blah, blah.  I think they are the newest iteration."  Or:  "The set designer really likes the blue lights on the McIntosh gear."    

 

Happens all the time!

Does blathering on about pop music trivia count? "Oh this was written by ... etc".

Fortunately my other half is interested when I am holding forth about equipment too ... but I suspect that is her discerning cash flow implications.

I am the talker in our relationship on all matters actually. I know. I'm very unassuming and quiet here. Goes to show.

[PYP]

when...you have to explain to your wife that the PayPal notification she saw in your email is in Hong Kong dollars not USD!

 

 

[Superdad]

15 minutes ago, PYP said:

when...you have to explain to your wife that the PayPal notification she saw in your email is in Hong Kong dollars not USD!

Explain or lie? 

[PYP]

1 hour ago, Superdad said:

Explain or lie? 

anything in excess of $11,000 USD would be a discussion.  

[AudioDoctor]

7 hours ago, PYP said:

you are watching a movie with your significant other and at a pivotal point in the plot/character relationships, you say:  "Nice speakers!  Those are the blah, blah.  I think they are the newest iteration."  Or:  "The set designer really likes the blue lights on the McIntosh gear."    

 

The Departed...

[AudioDoctor]

When you buy a gaming computer just to get the GPU for HQPlayer...  I did this after my DIY machine decided to die and take a few pieces with it, one of which was the GPU. The single part that was the hardest to get a replacement for.

[PYP]

20 minutes ago, AudioDoctor said:

 

The Departed...

This?  

 

[AudioDoctor]

1 minute ago, PYP said:

This?  

 

 

Yes.

[jkelly]

You start standing in the middle of stereo speakers at a restaurant or store to see if they are wired out of phase.

[Teresa]

10 hours ago, PYP said:

anything in excess of $11,000 USD would be a discussion.  

 

For me, any audio component over $500 USD would be open to a very concerned discussion. Or any interconnects over $30. I possibly could be talked into an audio component up to $1,000 USD but it must have great sonics that can't be had for less money. Otherwise no way! Also, whatever it is, has to be offered at a good discount, as my father taught me, never pay retail. 

 

I guess @GUTB is right, I'm not an audiophile. I do love audiophile recordings though. 😊

[lucretius]

16 hours ago, PYP said:

anything in excess of $11,000 USD would be a discussion.  

 

Now, you just need the seller to split the invoices/charges to keep under by the treshhold.

[NOMBEDES]

Final episode of BOSCH.  (Season 7)  "I wonder how all those glass walls reflect sound".  Hummm.

[kumakuma]

1 hour ago, NOMBEDES said:

Final episode of BOSCH.  (Season 7)  "I wonder how all those glass walls reflect sound".  Hummm.

 

Yes, but you have to admit that Harry has good taste in music...

 

I'm sorry to see this series ending.

[PYP]

when...you tell your significant other that "I think I'm done buying equipment" and you get that knowing nod, which takes decades to fully decipher.  There are so many things in that glance, but it seems there is always an element of this.

 

[PeterG]

23 hours ago, Superdad said:

Explain or lie? 

We have a don't ask, don't tell policy. 

 

 

[John Dyson]

On 7/15/2021 at 12:27 PM, PYP said:

you are watching a movie with your significant other and at a pivotal point in the plot/character relationships, you say:  "Nice speakers!  Those are the blah, blah.  I think they are the newest iteration."  Or:  "The set designer really likes the blue lights on the McIntosh gear."    

Know one is a (hi fidelity focused) audiophile when 'nothing sounds quite right'.

[Blackmorec]

You know you’re an audiophile when you appreciate the quality of announcer’s voices on streamed radio

[GregWormald]

18 hours ago, Blackmorec said:

You know you’re an audiophile when you appreciate the quality of announcer’s voices on streamed radio

Many years ago (MANY...I was buying my first speakers—AR2ax) I was waiting for my turn in the audition room and I kept turning around to see who was talking right behind me. It was an FM radio announcer playing through a set of AR3a speakers!