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How does one get off the merry-go-round?

I'm interested in hearing from or about music lovers who have dropped out of the audio "hobby." I don't mean you were content with your system for 6 weeks. I mean, you stood pat for a long time, or--even better--you downsized...maybe got rid of your separates and got an integrated.

(I suppose if you did this, you probably aren't reading these forums any more.)

If this sounds like a cry for help, well, I dunno. Not really. I'm just curious. My thoughts have been running to things like integrated amps and small equipment racks and whatnot even as I continue to experiment and upgrade with vigor (I'm taking the room correction plunge, for example.) Just want to hear what people have to say on the subject.

---dan
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jmcgrogan2
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TBG, you are the one who appears to be lost on this thread. The thread is entitled: "How does one get off the merry-go-round?". If you enjoy riding the merry-go-round, by all means keep riding. Please don't admonish those that are trying to be helpful by supplying possible answers to the theme of this thread though.
It's like going into a bar and telling everyone there that you don't care to drink and that they shouldn't be ordering drinks either. Nobody appointed you to this duty.
tbg
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Jmcgrogan2, sorry, but I don't want anyone to believe that others should always want to get off just because they do. Do use your analogy, I am saying that many here are going into the bar and saying "I don't drink anymore" and neither should you, because the bar owner is ripping people off.

I doubt if many are so affected, but I hate the self-appointed scam police.
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rx8man
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John, thanks for putting things in perspective, almost forgot this was a hobby.
pubul57
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Hobby indeed, which is why we care about it so much more than is merited (disproportionate) by the facts. The wine and beer fanatics don't have anything on us - actually I suspect a lot of overlap in membership:)
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mapman
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Some will find s Merry Go Round to be fun.

Others not.

High End Audio merry go rounds can be expensive though and send a lot of money down the drain. That's never a good thing. Inefficient at best!
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