If you lost your stereo system would you still ???

Please please do not mention the 'accuracy', you may get MrT adding his pure unadulterated wrist slitting induced, mind numbing drivel to this thread, all in a philosophical way though.

I love the music on whatever I am listening on at the time, car stereo, boom box, headphone set whilst walking the dogs etc. I love music, pure and simple. I will only give up music when I am either being cremated or being lowered into the ground.

I can still remember camping out in the woods in upstate NY by a beautiful waterfall with some high school buddies in the late 1970's and I brought my super cheapo General Electric portable cassette player, made around the year 1971, and we played some tapes of the old Genesis and I can't remember what else but I remember enjoying that music in that environment at that time as much as my tweaked out system(s) today

Music, or the love of music, is the raison d'etre for the system, not the other way around. Of course I'd still listen on whatever means available. I cannot imagine life without music.

hi gawdbless:

this is my very last statement on the subject:

all stereo systems are inaccurate, period, since all components are inaccurate.

the music is more important to feeling happy when listening than sound quality. you can connect with a walkman or a $100,000 stereo. while they don't sound the same, the emotions and joy from listening to the music can be the same, if you are open minded.

there is sometimes a tendency to confuse music appreciation with sound appreciation. listen to an 78 rpm of enrico caruso. i hope you will enjoy it even though the sound quality may be less than ideal.

I have a backup el cheapo consisting of quality components from thrift shops, and a few decent priced pieces from ebay. Most all vintage stuff though. If I can find an original Nakamichi MB cd player I'll be all set. I'll probably set it up in the bedroom, so any ladies out there come on by and check it out. wink wink