How Mad Am I?

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This afternoon I worked out what my hi-fi system would have cost had I bought everything new. It came to approximately £36,500.

I then spent a further £350 on a DC blocker.

Why?

Simply so that my £36.5k hi-fi could replicate one of the most remarkable features of a £350 mini system…

…being silent when switched on. :rofl:

The really worrying thing is that I’m absolutely delighted with the purchase because it solved the problem perfectly.

Is it me?

Am I mad?

Or worse still… am I the only one who thinks this is great value and a total win?

Does anyone else have something they may wish to share?

To help you decide, just imagine explaining your particular purchase to someone with a keen sense of value for money and absolutely no interest in hi-fi.

Come along now… don’t be shy… :grin:

I’ll even accept “I once had a friend who…” :wink:

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Which DC blocker did you buy?

I am asking for a friend you understand…:grimacing:

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:joy:

You can tell your “friend” it was an Audiolab DC Block 6. :wink:

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Thanks, I’ll let ‘him’ know.

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I regularly play music at low volumes (late in the evening and at night). My Nait 5si and later my Nait XS3 did not like that very much: channel imbalance at low volumes. Very frustrating. At some point I even started contemplating a new non-Naim amplifier. But luckily I found information about a DIN interconnect with built-in attenuation, made by Russ Andrews. I ordered a cable, which cost me around 220 euro’s and it not only solved the problem completely, but also sounds great (because I can now use higher volumes on the amplifier without any imbalance). Best money I ever spent on my HiFi.

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Mad no, i have almost that in cables, that is mad, and some i know have well over 100k in cables alone

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That’s the spirit! Thank you.

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It’s great that you have a solution that you’re happy with. For me, the acid test is to keep the device in the system for a while, forget about it and just listen, then take it back out. That’s the time when I have sometimes found that a system change has made a significant difference either for the better or worse.

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Totally understandable.

To Forum members…:grin::+1:

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Looking at my Insurance spreadsheet

I have spent about the same almost all at Pre Loved prices !!

Almost double that at list prices

Thank Goodness it sounds sublime and I have no intention of spending any more :joy: :innocent: :innocent:

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Yes, it’s bonkers and completely unjustifiable.

Welcome to the club :zany_face:

If it has been worth it to you and you can afford it, then sit back and enjoy it. Enthusiasts blow far more on their cars.

Best regards, BF

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Not bonkers and completely justifiable.

A good mate has just sold his yacht for £250k because, urm he only sailed it twice a year most.

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Well yachts are a whole nother level of insanity.

my main system @ new prices would be getting on for £60k (actually probably over £60k) but add system 2, 3, 4 and 5…… and one is deep into nutter territory.

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Five systems?!?!?!

BRILLIANT!!!:raising_hands:t2:

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Does this “good mate” happen to be into hifi as well?

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Some here might not classify a uniti plus speakers as a system….but the outside world certainly would.

It’s shocking how stuff accumulates, almost against your will!

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:rofl:

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I’ve started giving some items to charity. It’s good to have a clear out and they hopefully get some well needed funds.

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Uniti Atom, Neat Iotas.

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Asgaard has 6 systems, two non-Naim in the Valkyries’ chariots!

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