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In the Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity.

Post Subject: Again, about my hate of recommendations.Posted by Romy the Cat on: 10/5/2010

I always hesitant to make recommendations regarding purchasing decision in audio. The last time I made a recommendation to a local audio guy was to get Altec 19 loudspeaker instead of the crap that he had. The problem that you can make recommendation but Sound is not what equipment does but how you react upon the Sound. When I advised to look for Altec 19 I did said that it will be things that will need to be done with it. The guy clearly discarded my warning about the need to work with the Altec 19. He got the Altec 19, did not like them and I clearly saw it. So, felt that I need to buy the stupid Altec 19 from him for the price he paid (not dirt chip). As the result I was trying to be a nice guy and to “recommend” something but I ended with this piece of crap sitting in my room. Thankfully I have a big house where I can stupidly to accumulate this type of things… Do I really need them? Absolutely not and the only reason I dog then from his hands because their finish is a good match to my new hardwood floors for my Opera Room….

It is not that I feel personal responsibility for recommendations. It rather that I know that recommendations in audio sometimes lead to far fetching consequences. People invent myths for themselves and then enslave them to those myths. The guys are saving and collecting money, hiding them from wifes and etc, sell old equipment to buy the recommended one. It is not only about money but about the expectations – people enslave themselves to own expectations that they purely artificially created in own head base upon somebody recommendations. I truly do not feel comfortable to be a part of this.

My discomfort is one thing but there is something else. I see no personal gratification to issues recommendations. How can I be gratified? If based upon my recommendation somebody would sell 1000 speakers or amplifiers then will it affect my ego in any way? Trust me, with all appeared problems with my ego I will be absolutely unaffected if some manufacturer would sell 10 units or 10000 units. The financial gratification is also is very questionable. Yes, I have opportunity to get from many manufactures discounted prices but there is absolutely no relation between the fact that they extend me discount and the fact that I comment positively or negatively on their products. I have a network of friendly to me distributor who buy sometimes some things for me, applying no dealer or distributor mark up. In some cases I buy used and in some cased I pay retail cost. The irony is that it is not truly important as I am not a reviewing house, I buy very seldom and in a large scale of the thing if I save let say 5 thousand dollars over a year on my audio then do you really feel that it would stimulate and motivate me? So far I do not remember me making money on audio…

So, the subject about PP and recommendations. I am not Bill. I hardly can read some of his articles as they are very much products- centered and very much written in the “recommendation mode”. Still, would I recommend PP regenerator? I absolutely do not care. I am individualist and all the I care in audio is myself and my sonic results. The only gratification I have if 1000 people around me get PP is that it will be more PP users and the might discover new advanced ways to operate PP200 and I will be able to use their experience. In practically it never happens and I am unfortunately feel that I am the most advanced PP2000 user that I know off. Bill for instance got 3 generators; I am planning to have the same 3 generators configuration. I did call him and asked his opinion about it. However, his and my playbacks are so drastically different and the way how we intend to use playback are so different that his experience of leaving with 3 generators was hardly applicable to me.

So, do I recommend PP2000? I kind of do not care. Someone might have no problems with electricity and someone has no brain to understand that he/she has problems. Well, all built out own playback for our own personal use and how the fact the PP2000 might or might fixed the problem in somebody house 3000 miles away would impact me? I absolutely do not care. Will I recommend the PP2000? If you’re looking for my recommendation then it is too early for you to read my site.

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