In Reply to: Audiophile "Gifts" posted by Bud on January 7, 2009 at 10:37:32:
the CDs in question sound good on those persons' systems, and they're legitmately surprised at how they sound on your's.
BTW, that's a nice idea to take a music gift for the host.
Another practice, which as a host I've done in the past, is to not expect a gift, but to provide refreshments to the visitors (not enough refreshment, mind you, to risk trashing a cartridge or LP ;)
The favor is then reciprocated when I'm the guest at someone else's place. A sort of potlatch, if you like.
At other times I've taken a piece of my equipment that the host has wanted to hear in their system, and I'll even leave it for a few days if the host is trustworthy.
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- Maybe . . - Frank E 01/7/0910:57:39 01/7/09 (0)