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...
