[CanadianMaestro]

I find that very few people on the street/airports/train stations/wherever care much about players and gear bling. Even if they did, I ain't swayed to buy gear for the looks or to impress anyone. Warped herd psychology, for some people.

 

[StanD]

  I find that very few people on the street/airports/train stations/wherever care much about players and gear bling. Even if they did, I ain't swayed to buy gear for the looks or to impress anyone. Warped herd psychology, for some people.

And yet many on headfi proclaim that "My Amp is bigger than your Amp." What do you call that? Amp Envy.

 

[7keys]

  I find that very few people on the street/airports/train stations/wherever care much about players and gear bling. Even if they did, I ain't swayed to buy gear for the looks or to impress anyone. Warped herd psychology, for some people.

And if you don't have an Apple product or beats 99% of the people won't know what you have anyway, and less know AK products.
 
I walk around with a Fiio X3 or X5  and I haven't met anyone who knew what it was or even heard of Fiio.

 

[CanadianMaestro]

  And yet many on headfi proclaim that "My Amp is bigger than your Amp." What do you call that? Amp Envy.

Macho-ism. But if they have miniature models of their amps on their keychains, that's a new one.

 

[StanD]

  And if you don't have an Apple product or beats 99% of the people won't know what you have anyway, and less know AK products.
 
I walk around with a Fiio X3 or X5  and I haven't met anyone who knew what it was or even heard of Fiio.

And you won't be a target of a mugging.

 

[CanadianMaestro]

Quote:

  And if you don't have an Apple product or beats 99% of the people won't know what you have anyway, and less know AK products.
 
I walk around with a Fiio X3 or X5  and I haven't met anyone who knew what it was or even heard of Fiio.

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  And you won't be a target of a mugging.

 
Walk softly, and carry a Bryston remote:
 
http://www.soundstagehifi.com/index.php/equipment-reviews/112-bryston-bp26-da-preamplifier-and-mps2-power-supply
 
(scroll down for the pic of the remote run over by a car -- it survived!).

 

[StanD]

   
Walk softly, and carry a Bryston remote:
 
http://www.soundstagehifi.com/index.php/equipment-reviews/112-bryston-bp26-da-preamplifier-and-mps2-power-supply
 
(scroll down for the pic of the remote run over by a car -- it survived!).

So you walk the streets carrying a desktop DAC? At least the remote makes it more convenient. 

 

[CanadianMaestro]

  So you walk the streets carrying a desktop DAC? At least the remote makes it more convenient. 

It's the remote, not the DAC..... literally a weighty aluminum brick.....

 

[StanD]

 
It's the remote, not the DAC..... literally a weighty aluminum brick.....

Hmm, by the emoticon, I see anger management in your future.

 

[CanadianMaestro]

been there, cured....

 

[CanadianMaestro]

our verbose friend, @castleofargh, has been quiet lately.
 
I wonder whether he got his prize....

 

[StanD]

  been there, cured....

You sure you're not having an AK inspired relapse? You do realize that most audiophiles require some reality orientation.

 

[CanadianMaestro]

  You sure you're not having an AK inspired relapse? You do realize that most audiophiles require some reality orientation.

Nope. But I figured an AK-based quip would highly suit a Yank-based forum like HF, what with the gun-culture down there.

 

[castleofargh]

  our verbose friend, @castleofargh, has been quiet lately.
 
I wonder whether he got his prize....

nope, no prize for me, not even a job as general of some random country.  but I wrote a book on the hd650's topic so there is still hope.

 
I wasting most of my night setting up some useless measurement methods. but I lack most things to do it. like I have some resistors to simulate a load for a DAP and never thought about how I would put them in the loop until 2hours ago... I don't even have a soldering station to make the proper connections,  so I tried rolling a paperclip around some mini jack plug to close the circuit, Mc Gyver style, half thinking that I might end up blowing something up with my stupid ideas.
the hilarious part is that I seem to end up with measurements pretty close to what I find on the web for the same DAP(luck of the beginner Mc Gyver). so now I'm wondering if I should start making paperclip cables and sell them for 500$. I could use macaroni for insulation.

 

[StanD]

 
Nope. But I figured an AK-based quip would highly suit a Yank-based forum like HF, what with the gun-culture down there.

Now you're trying to deflect, in which forum did you learn that?