[FullRangeMan]

Oscilloscope

[Stuartk]

For those of us who are not "serious", I'd submit the "large roll of cash" (whatever "large" means to you) and understanding spouse are at the top of the list.

[Stuartk]

Hope this is still considered within the topic: is there any consensus on a recommended dB meter?

[dpatters]

Ears.

[Mariusz Uszynski]

-Money
-Designated room
-Some tools
-Research
-Common sense

[FullRangeMan]

Hope this is still considered within the topic: is there any consensus on a recommended dB meter?

I have an Mínipa made in China without probs since early 1990s.

[Bossboy]

A thesaurus, for our attempts to describe sound verbally

A corkscrew or bottle opener for liquid refreshments

       
Excellent choices

[Bossboy]

How about a capacitance meter
and a more understanding wife.

[nlitworld]

How about a capacitance meter
and a more understanding wife.

Those are on national backorder with no ETA. Capacitance meters are easy to find though. 

[dunkie]

Those little speaker-binding-post tools, I think Audioquest makes one.  They fit in the hand so nicely and there is a size at each end so they fit most speaker binding posts. You can feel how tightly you are torquing the post and there is no slip and no chance of making an accidental connection between the R and B posts.  An excellent tool ! 

[Tsantil]

Those are on national backorder with no ETA. Capacitance meters are easy to find though. 

New to these forums… LOL’d at this one.

[Soothsayer]

I haven’t read the whole thread, but you cannot be considered a true audiophool unless you have a wife that can “hear a difference from the kitchen”.

[mix4fix]

How about a DMM for checking things like cables and connectors.

http://www.harborfreight.com/7-function-digital-multimeter-90899.html

We were talking about it at work the other day. We use to get a smaller Fluke, now we get a cheap one.

By all means: keep cheap ones as backup, but invest in a Fluke.

[FullRangeMan]

I haven’t read the whole thread, but you cannot be considered a true audiophool unless you have a wife that can “hear a difference from the kitchen”.

These wifes was when I was young,
today you know how they are>