Take A Number

Posted by: JRHardee on 04 October 2015

A lot of similar responses to similar questions get posted here. A list of stock responses, referred to by number, would save a lot of typing:

 

#1 That topic has been covered pretty often. You should do a search. Why didn't you do a search?

 

#2 You should get a home demonstration of that expensive box before you spend that much money.

 

#3 Chill already. Buy some music. Enjoy what you just bought instead of hankering after the next upgrade.

 

#4 The 72 is better than everything this side of a 552.

 

#5 The 282 trounces the 252.

 

#6 The 252 trounces the 282.

 

#7 I thought I was going to die alone and unloved until I got a DR for my _______.

 

#8 The Naim _____ is miles better than the Linn _____.

 

#9 Remasters are the droppings of Satan.

 

#10 These jokes are awful, just awful! I've half a mind to read something else!

 

You get the idea. Feel free to contribute.

Posted on: 04 October 2015 by feeling_zen

You missed several very obvious omissions here.

 

#11. The new ________ makes my ______ sound broken.
#12. A Chord Hugo is better than a NDS+2x555PS.

#13. You should buy a pair of Magnepans.

#14. You should sell everything and downsize to a 272+250/SuperNait/Uniti/Muso/Walkman to reduce box count.

 

Posted on: 04 October 2015 by joerand

#15. You should listen to some files in FLAC and WAV, then FLAC transcoded to WAV and decide for yourself.

Posted on: 04 October 2015 by Kiwi cat
#16 yes those _______speakers may be  good, but whatever you do, do not buy then unless you try them at home first!
Posted on: 05 October 2015 by hafler3o
Originally Posted by Kiwi cat:
#16 yes those _______speakers may be  good, but whatever you do, do not buy then unless you try them at home first!

#17 ...unless they are a pair of no longer Naim-made speakers in desparate needs of new x-overs / tweeters / gaskets / velcro, in which case they will be "well worth seeking out".

Posted on: 05 October 2015 by hafler3o

#18 I've neither owned nor even heard the xxxxxxx but in my opinion ....

Posted on: 05 October 2015 by JamieWednesday
#19 The forum has gone downhill since its heyday. I remember when xxxx and yyyy would contribute and it was much better. Yes it sometimes got a bit personal and some folks got banned but it was definitely much better then...
Posted on: 05 October 2015 by hafler3o

#20 PRaT [may also be used to deride those still 'into' vinyl]

Posted on: 05 October 2015 by TOBYJUG

#21.  Warm it up with a hairdryer before bending .

Posted on: 05 October 2015 by Graham Clarke

#22 DBLs are brilliant and better than anything else

#23 SL2s are brilliant and better than anything else

#24 Ovators are rubbish

#25 Active systems are hard to set up and maintain

#26 Digital cables can't make any difference as it's just 1s and 0s

#27 Analogue (vinyl) is better than CD

#28 CD555 is better than NDS

#29 NDS is better than CD555

#30 I don't understand how something works therefore it can't

Posted on: 05 October 2015 by TOBYJUG

#31 Note to self, always read the ****ing instructions.

Posted on: 05 October 2015 by Karl

#32 Send your broken HI Line back to Naim for repair,

Karl

Posted on: 05 October 2015 by feeling_zen
Originally Posted by TOBYJUG:

#31 Note to self, always read the ****ing instructions.

We have a name for that the industry I work in. RTFM (M=Manual if you hadn't guessed). Works as a verb too.

 

"Did you fix the problem for customer X?"

"Yes. I RTFMed them."

Posted on: 05 October 2015 by 911gt3r
Originally Posted by Graham Clarke:

#22 DBLs are brilliant and better than anything else

#23 SL2s are brilliant and better than anything else

#24 Ovators are rubbish

#25 Active systems are hard to set up and maintain

#26 Digital cables can't make any difference as it's just 1s and 0s

#27 Analogue (vinyl) is better than CD

#28 CD555 is better than NDS

#29 NDS is better than CD555

#30 I don't understand how something works therefore it can't

Graham, #29 is plain wrong, #28 rules!  ATB Peter

#33 HiLine always sounded broken.

#34 Hugo makes everything else sound horribly horribly broken.

Posted on: 05 October 2015 by TOBYJUG

#35 Your miles may vary

 

(yes this is social media , but what the **** has it got to do with hifi)

Posted on: 05 October 2015 by BigH47

#36 people who use numbers instead of text should be ignored.

Posted on: 05 October 2015 by GraemeH

#37 From the misuse of apostrophes on signs in greengrocers’ shops.

Posted on: 05 October 2015 by bicela

#38 "I would enjoy more my music, how I can do?" First of all, simply move away from this forum! 

Posted on: 05 October 2015 by Kevin-W

#39 .... and I can't stop grinning

Posted on: 05 October 2015 by Bert Schurink

nr. 40. Hugo, Hugo, Hugo, Hugo ......is the answer to all your problems

Posted on: 05 October 2015 by dayjay

41 - x make of speaker cable adds sparkle

Posted on: 05 October 2015 by sjbabbey

#42 Try switching everything off and on again

#43 I just put a CD into the xxx and it works

Posted on: 05 October 2015 by dayjay

#44 Streaming is impossibly complicated

#45 The problem is probably with your router

#46 You need a static IP address

 

Posted on: 05 October 2015 by hafler3o

#47 That's right, the stock 'mains cables' really are made from mains cable, what did you expect? Frozen spaghetti?

#48 Updating the Uniti software is a breeze, and no I don't know where to find the COM3 port on your obsolete junk!

Posted on: 05 October 2015 by Jude2012

#49 is the 202 better than a 282; is the 282 better than a 252 etc.

#50 is an SC DR / SC non DR worth it for a 282?

 

Posted on: 05 October 2015 by Frenchnaim

Nothing about NACA5 yet? Come on...