What are the worst tech purchases you or your family have ever made?

I watched a video recently and wanted to know what other have bought over the years.

  • mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 hour ago

    There’s a LOT of snake oil in the audiophile world, and the matter of cost is almost universally a matter of diminishing returns. I say this as someone whose typical audio rig costs at least $250k: At home, I use basic Sennheiser monitor headphones.

    You’ll notice a huge difference between $50 headphones and $100 headphones. But the difference between $100 headphones and $200 headphones will be much less noticeable, even though there is a much bigger price difference between the two.

    Also, you probably got scammed on that balanced cable. I can guarantee that the recording studio used the cheapest $1/foot starquad cable, soldered by the intern using $3 Neutrik connectors.

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      41 minutes ago

      The only reason I’ve ever been able to justify balanced headphones were if they were too power hungry and needed extra current.