Agreed. It’s a hard job and sometimes emotions and frustrations get the best of us and we take it out on everyone around us.

I was snuffed off by my closest JL home audio dealer because I wanted to demo some subs but judged me by the way I was dressed. Wouldn’t give me a demo. I ended up ordering them from a dealer on the other end of the country without a demo. Had to buy on a whim. My local dealer which is a 1 hour drive away won’t ever get a dime from me because they snuffed me off. I have to buy everything online now because in my town, there’s no real audio shops. I was in sales for many years. It’s not easy, and don’t let your emotions get the best of you. I couldn’t do sales these days.

Well, put yourself in their shoes and look at the people they have to deal with all day. People suck. 😂

I upgraded from my pair of IOTAVX pa3’s to a pair a VTV Purifi monoblocks and when I was A/Bing them, they were very very close to sounding the same. The only thing that stood out is the IOTAs had a lot more bass. There were little differences here and there in the rest of the frequency spectrum but you reeeealy had to listen for those tiny differences. Once I stopped A/Bing them and just listened to the Purifi’s, there are a few things that don’t seem so similar anymore. The Purifi’s sound like they have full control over my speakers top to bottom and even when pushing the speakers really hard. Nothing loses composure. The treble sounds more refined, bass is tighter, more detailed, and faster. I thought the same as you when I was A/Bing them. My advice is stop A/Bing and listen to one for a few weeks, then listen to the other one for a few weeks.

My goal is to listen to great music. That’s the only thing that matters at the end of the day.

I just recently got the VTV Purifi monoblocks and I’m impressed. I want to try the Hypex Nilai next. Have you heard of it? Definitely check it out. It’s their answer to Bruno leaving. Alpha Audio is in love with that amp over the Purifi.

Uh oh. I can hear the keyboard warriors typing away because you just had to say the M word. 😂

Depends on the room and the speakers. Trial and error until you get it right. Have fun experimenting.

Do we? Because I listen to music that I enjoy on my system. I don’t care about if it’s been recorded to the “highest standard” for these audiophiles. If a system can’t sound great with Lamb of God, then it’s definitely overpriced for what it is. A good system should sound great with every genre, not specific genres and instruments and it can only sound good with the highest quality recording. I don’t let a system dictate what I listen to.