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    Default SURVIVOR'S GUIDE FOR AUDIOPHILES Part 4

    5) Never say how much your HiFi system cost!
    Almost nobody -except audiophiles- can understand the level of perfection a good HiFi system might reach.
    If you unveil the price you paid for those high-end boron-moron connectors you're going to be in trouble, mate.

    Looking for a solution???
    Lie! Lie! Lie!

    Just tell them you paid $199 for the entire system, ignoring the number of zeros you actually wrote down the last time.
    $199 is a sum that has been scientifically proved to be adequate for a stereo set.
    If a non-audiophile decides to buy a stereo system (for example to fill an empty shelf) $199 is the exact sum he is willing to spend.
    Nothing more and nothing less than that.

    6) With female non-audiophiles just talk about shoes
    Social events are strangely crowded with women, the non-audiophiles human beings par excellance!

    Though your ego suggests you tell them how insanely powerful your power supply is, how long your new tonearm is or how hot can your vacuum tubes become
    I suggest to avoid, I say, avoid talking about high fidelity.

    First of all, with certain women "high fidelity" is a pure oxymoron, secondly you might be instantaneously classified as "loser", "nerd", "geek" or whatever that may fit.

    Be smart! Ask them about their shoes, where did they buy them, which price they paid etc.
    Then refer to an (imaginary) pair of shoes you saw during your last visit to Via Monte Napoleone (in Milan) or Via Condotti (in Rome).
    Cite Venice at your earliest convenience, as this always guarantees a certain kind of effect.

    Mentioning PRaT might lead to embarassing misunderstandings.

    If you are smart you may end up experiencing some amusing intermezzo between the two sides of your favourite audiophile pressing.
    Last edited by niklaus; 02-15-2011 at 11:21 PM.

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