I can't understand the idiocy of my father

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My dad likes hifi. He spends loads of money on hifi.
The next thing that he buys is always going to make a huge difference to his hifi system. Then, a few months later he's looking at another item to improve his hifi. I dispair. Interconnect leads costing £500! Power cables costing £1000! It's completely insane. I can't tell the difference.

 

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He will justify it by teling me some technical info he read from a hifi magazine. Like it uses "nasa technology". Yeah, well so do teflon frying pans.

 

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What annoys me is that he won't listen to my argument. He's being exploited by marketing.

 

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He drives a 10 year old car, but thinks he's bad ass because of his hifi.

 

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Really needed to get that off my chest.

I will try to let him be.

 

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Computer technology evolves. I think hifi is stagnant.

 

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I cant understand how leads would cost that much! Unless it is made of gold and has a £unlimited warrenty thing.

His money his choice though.

http://www.nordost.com/Interconnects/analog-reference-valhalla.htm

Here's some for £2000!
http://www.stoneaudio.co.uk/default.../stoneaudio/products/details.asp?product=1507

 

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Perhaps your father has a certain 'image' in his head when he buys what he has bought.

Right, but i'm probably the same.

I'll try to let him be.

Only thing in his favour is that the equipment doesn't depreciate, so he can get 80-90% of his money back if he wants to sell. Unlike my pc which has zero value after 4 years.

 

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why did you need the zalman cooler

Unacceptable noise when overclocking.

 

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No, Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775) is a few quid cheaper.

 

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The point is your dad earns his money, its his to spend how he wants accept it.

Ok I feel better.

 

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If I had any I'd bet money that you couldn't

I'm with you on this.

 

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Would you prefer you dad MAX up his 10 year old car, race in the car parks at night and hang with younger guys so as to appear cool?

Yeah, i'm trying to pursade him to get a Subaru impreza wrx or a Skoda Octavia vRS.

 

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I've grown up thinking my dad was logical. This is disappointing.

 

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Stop having a dig at your old man, he can afford it, he enjoys it. it makes him happy. You should understand this you are a PC enuthiast. HE could be having a midlife crisis?

I will just forget about it. But its hard when he comes to tell me about the specs of new hifi equipment or the new records he's bought.

 

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LOL