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In Reply to: Buyer's Remorse-Prone Products posted by John Marks on November 18, 2003 at 07:30:24:
I specifically mention Stereophile and TAS because 1) they are the most influential high-end audio mags, at least in the U.S., and 2) they have, more so in the past, encouraged audiophilia nervosa. Audiophilia nervosa feeds the feeling that an audio component is inadequate in some way relative to other components, and that leads to buyer's remorse.Audiophiles who fall for this audiophilia nervosa trap fall into one of two categories: 1) Unsophisticated audiophiles who treat high-end audio journals as gospel. IMO, these audiophiles tend to be newbies who doubt their abilities to judge how good components sound, and don't pay much attention to very important factors like system synergy, room interaction and listener bias. 2) Audiophiles who seem to be seeking the Holy Grail. They have a quest for the perfect audio system, yet don't find it. Their quest becomes a constant search for the components that will make their systems perfect. Both have in common the feeling that something is seriously wrong with their system, wrong enough that they have to replace a component with something else.
I realize this isn't what you were exactly asking, but it is a major reason for buyer's remorse.
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- Stereophile and TAS Recommended Components - mdryoon 11/18/0316:06:03 11/18/03 (1)
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