You know you've had too much ASR when...

[valerianf]

When you do not buy any more gear because of Amir measurement.
Thank you Amir for showing us that no equipment is perfect!

 

[sweetchaos]

You're re-listening to your favorite songs on the recently bought Genelecs and you think to yourself:

I'm in heaven and it's all Amir's fault!

 

[pavuol]

...you are reading all the technical sh;t about sound reproducing technology that you actually forget to just enjoy music in the first place

 

[pozz]

...you are reading all the technical sh;t about sound reproducing technology that you actually forget to just enjoy music in the first place

I'd have to disagree. Reading all the technical sh*t increases the enjoyment.

It's like going from admiring a painting to understanding how it was composed.

Pre-ASR, speaking for myself, when a lot of technical stuff was murky and up in the air, the enjoyment itself was in question.

 

[Killingbeans]

When you suddenly find youself spending most of the time fruitlessly trying to convince newcomers to factor in cognitive bias

Or when you get nervous about buying gear Amir hasn't measured yet, even though only a blind cave salamander would be able to design it with audible flaws.

 

[Matias]

When you have no intention at all to buy a given product but you read its review just to see how it measures (and comment on the thread nonetheless!).

 

[pavuol]

...when you know you don't belong to the 1% "golden-ears-club" population but you still crave for that ultra high Sinad, distortionless and powerfull gear, just to have "peace of mind"..

 

[JustAnandaDourEyedDude]

... you make ASR the homepage of every single web browser you have installed on your computer, even the ones you do not regularly use.

... you can accurately recall the spelling of the username of everyone who posts regularly, even the usernames that are a meaningless jumble of letters and numbers.

 

[pozz]

...when you know you don't belong to the 1% "golden-ears-club" population but you still crave for that ultra high Sinad, distortionless and powerfull gear, just to have "peace of mind"..

Sounds like a direct quote of one my posts.

... you can accurately recall the spelling of the username of everyone who posts regularly, even the usernames that are a meaningless jumble of letters and numbers.

And, yup.

 

[Beershaun]

When you thought your new setup sounds better than your old one only to check Amir's measurements and realize you were wrong and it's your perception of reality that's incorrect.

 

[pavuol]

...yuo consider to begin with gardening.

 

[EJ3]

When you spend more time at ASR than at your emails.

 

[pavuol]

..your girlfriend/wife is yelling at you in a bad manner and you think to yourself: Mmm, fidelity is clean, high SNR, very lifelike representation, but still, SPL is too high and the overall sound impression seems to be like "too much in your face", maybe if I moved off axis a little..?

 

[Angsty]

Or when you get nervous about buying gear Amir hasn't measured yet, even though only a blind cave salamander would be able to design it with audible flaws.

Or when you read a review from Amir to discover that blind cave salamanders are now working for a name-brand audio company and have managed to incorporate their round, glowing eggs into their industrial design.

https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/chord-huei-phono-preamp-review.17355/

 

[Harmonie]

When you are about to buy just another dac (because Amir tested it with great results like X16 ...)
though that's the last item on your wish list, as you have already 2.

 

[mhardy6647]

Or when you read a review from Amir to discover that blind cave salamanders are now working for a name-brand audio company and have managed to incorporate their round, glowing eggs into their industrial design.

https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/chord-huei-phono-preamp-review.17355/

While Blind Cave Salamander sounds like the name of a Delta-region blues singer that Alan Lomax might have recorded out in the field -- I mean...
there are these guys people beings :
https://www.salamanderdesigns.com/

 

[renaudrenaud]

When you are about to buy just another dac (because Amir tested it with great results like X16 ...)
though that's the last item on your wish list, as you have already 2.

Bought a moment ago
One more DAC at home

 

[pkane]

When you are about to buy just another dac (because Amir tested it with great results like X16 ...)
though that's the last item on your wish list, as you have already 2.

You have not had too much ASR if you only have two DACs!

 

[Wes]

...when you do a site search on cable lifters

and/or contemplate some back of the envelope calculations on LCR networks as per above

 

[Wes]

You have not had too much ASR if you only have two DACs!

you mean separate boxes, right?

not the ones in phones/computers