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How do you feel about other people using your stereo?
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jelly?
Not at all. There are people who spend thousands of dollars on drugs and I question those expenditures. Would you ask me if I was jealous of them?
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I had a Dynavector phone cartridge in college that proves your point: drunk room mates and high end turntables are a recipe for disaster.
Zensō
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I don't mind if people use my audio gear as long as they know how, most express no desire to do so, though. Even when I had roommates wasn't an issue particularly, altho I would make sure they handled vinyl/styluses properly. These days with a universal remote in use on several systems, it's easy enough to do in any case.
Capitol C
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Not a problem. My system is basically unlabeled, unconventional and complex. All other users can see that are comprehensible are the volume knob and the server GUI. Few attempt even that.
I've had powerful and clear sounding audio systems for 50 years. My wife of 45 years occasionally remarks (privately) when we visit other people's homes and hear their sound systems while we watch a movie, etc., "why do their speakers sound so bad?" I tell her she's been spoiled. My system is simple enough to control what she watches TV/movies/Youtube, etc. and listens to music without needing my assistance. I don't worry about her hurting anything since there's plenty of clean power and none of the equipment is stressed.
To be fair - only people I've showed how to use the system use it. I would not allow strangers to just start pushing buttons.
I don't mind as it's pretty old.
When I was providing warranty service for KEF and had KEF towers @home I let other people use my stereo often because I could get KEF drivers inexpensively and so it was no big deal if a person made a mistake with the tri-amp'd arrangement and blew a driver or popped a amp because I would fix it as I was tooled up for it at the time. A buddy was a musician and loved coming over while I was @work and listening to world music and bangra on the KEFs because he could hear all the little accents and subtle sounding instruments they use. Otherwise I only let close friends use my electronics now. 
killdozzer
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It goes to both extremes; I both love it and hate it. If anyone uses it with care and knows how to use it or if he doesn't he asks, I really love it. When someone thinks he'll demonstrate just how "un-materialistic" he really is, but on my gear he gets an immediate and permanent ban.
You know the guys who while messing it up scoff at you for being to invested in inanimate objects implying you have a wrong set of values or you're too materialistic or neerdy/retentive.... A-holes I believe they're called.
Then again, you make effort with your system and someone recognizes that and loves it and listens again to all their favorite songs and albums, that's great.
For me, it's just how someone handles the gear.
killdozzer
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This is endgame for me. This clearly means he doesn't know what he is doing and I would jump in at that point. He could ask for a song and I would play it. And I'm the easy one... You can skip-rope with my speaker cables, it does nothing. But grease on records... Nope.
killdozzer
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Many times I explained and showed the startup (ignition) sequences and shutdown sequences of my multichannel multi-amplifier system (which are very simple, rationale and straightforward at least for myself!), but she has never tried to do these, and I also believe she will never try these.
BTW, last week, we, me and my wife, attended an audio system listening session (one of the expensive SP systems I am very much interested in) at really high-end audio shop's studio in Tokyo. During our return drive home, she said that our present home audio system (shared here and here) sounds fairly better for her (and for me also); accordingly my new purchase desire was immediately rejected and abandoned.
BTW, last week, we, me and my wife, attended an audio system listening session (one of the expensive SP systems I am very much interested in) at really high-end audio shop's studio in Tokyo. During our return drive home, she said that our present home audio system (shared here and here) sounds fairly better for her (and for me also); accordingly my new purchase desire was immediately rejected and abandoned.
No big surprise there because your system has the capability to be fine tuned for your room acoustics and to your ear and it is very versatile and fun to operate.
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The SP system we auditioned last week was not the one I wrote here! My dream of that one is still alive in my brain; so far I have never told about that to my wife...No big surprise there because your system has the capability to be fine tuned for your room acoustics and to your ear and it is very versatile and fun too operate.
I found 3 prices for the TAD REFERENCE ONE TX. They are £120,000.00, £135,000.00 and $78,000.00 per pair. What is the price for them in Japan today? When you buy them you are going to need delivery and setup or you might hurt your back and then your wife will really be very unhappy.
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