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Post by Bigman80 on Apr 16, 2019 21:04:13 GMT
I have three regular hifi mates and a couple of more occasional ones. I get to listen to their purchases and two of them are habitual box swappers. I help them out with buying things when they are strapped and they help me with pickups and sometimes receiving and storing stuff. One is technical so he can fix the odd bit.
I’ve had my hifi mates between 15 and 25 years.
How are the rest of you fixed for mates?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2019 21:09:48 GMT
Sorry to defy this topic. I don't have HiFi mates. It's more like HiFi acquaintances in my world.
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Post by antonio on Apr 17, 2019 5:00:00 GMT
I had one acquaintance, but we seem to have lost touch these days. I have recently helped a friend purchase a new hifi, amp and speakers, and he is busy ripping his cd's onto a hard drive.
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Post by Bigman80 on Apr 17, 2019 6:10:03 GMT
I had one acquaintance, but we seem to have lost touch these days. I have recently helped a friend purchase a new hifi, amp and speakers, and he is busy ripping his cd's onto a hard drive. I guess you get the sort of hifi friendship from your brother too. I did help a mate get into hifi many years ago, but we lost touch. |
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Post by antonio on Apr 17, 2019 8:01:23 GMT
That's true Westie, he always likes me to give a second opinion on anything he dems, no bad thing in my book. Also, the salesman is not so 'overpowering' when 2 of you are there. Of course I like to go with him to have a listen.  He did take a chance on his Accustic Arts amps and the Townshend cables, which I believe are the first items he has ever purchased without some sort of dem, either home or at a shop. |
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Post by pauld on Apr 17, 2019 11:40:35 GMT
Does my Dad and his friend count?
I have made friends with my fellow mods on the TAS forum.
Other than that, not really, no.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2019 12:21:05 GMT
I bumped into a bloke reading a Hi-Fi mag in the newsagent. Does he count? |
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Post by nonuffin on Apr 17, 2019 13:24:21 GMT
My 2 mates are both into hi-fi, one of which is also a reviewer.
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Post by pauld on Apr 17, 2019 13:26:24 GMT
I bumped into a bloke reading a Hi-Fi mag in the newsagent. Does he count? LOL. |
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Post by Bigman80 on Apr 17, 2019 14:44:59 GMT
My 2 mates are both into hi-fi, one of which is also a reviewer. Just wondered if you and your reviewer mate disagree much. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2019 17:00:51 GMT
Made a few long term friends from HiFi.
Its been a rewarding hobby in more ways than one. Unfortunately, I'm at the point where further progress is out of my budget and out of my desire.
Thankfully, they are still striving to gain more from their skills so I get to regularly hear new or modded phonostages and tonearms. One is now venturing into the cable area I currently occupy so I must have turned him from a sceptic to believer. He was still stunned when I told him I thought the Nylon braid I use on my cables make a difference lol
Whats interesting is that we all seem to move in the same direction with our systems, even if we don't have the same gear or even type of gear.
Lots to talk about but it tendy to be more phonecalls than forum posts which is a shame but not surprising.
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Post by Bigman80 on Apr 17, 2019 17:20:41 GMT
I’m really thankful for my hifi mates. They are the only mates I have and it’s our common interest that’s brought us together. Sounds like you’ve had some really great experiences too, Oliver. Lost more to come too, I expect.
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Post by nonuffin on Apr 17, 2019 20:36:10 GMT
My 2 mates are both into hi-fi, one of which is also a reviewer. Just wondered if you and your reviewer mate disagree much. We have both got analytical hearing and have almost the same musical tastes. We have of course disagreed from time to time but never once got into an argument. |
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Post by macca on Apr 17, 2019 20:52:11 GMT
Got a few mates locally who are musicians and who I've known for decades who all run decent systems (mostly made up of my cast offs). They appreciate the better sound quality of a separates system which is why they have them but they are not into hi-fi as a hobby and they rarely if ever upgrade anything.
One mate who is an EE and used to be a hi-fi dealer in South Africa, he is into hi-fi but he lives way out in Cheshire so I don't see him much. And one mate who is into home cinema. He's got Oppo - Onkyo - B&W set up. Sounds pretty good on 2 channel but he only uses it for films.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2019 7:21:20 GMT
I’m really thankful for my hifi mates. They are the only mates I have and it’s our common interest that’s brought us together. Sounds like you’ve had some really great experiences too, Oliver. Lost more to come too, I expect. Yes, it's been great. I've had a lot of exposure to some really interesting stuff. Whenever Alan has had something interesting in for repair, I've been over to his for a listen and vice versa. Ive loaned loads of kit of a great fella called Nigel. He's got some great stuff and drops it off for me to audition too. Its been really good and in a week or two I'll be listening to Phonomacs phonostage he's built. Its great! |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2019 17:05:23 GMT
My Worse nightmare would be an Hi-Fi Mate  |
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He did take a chance on his Accustic Arts amps and the Townshend cables, which I believe are the first items he has ever purchased without some sort of dem, either home or at a shop.
