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

Would you still be enthralled by the music. Enjoy and listen to it. How much difference does a fine stereo make to you. Lets say you would have a $500 to listen to. Are you too concerned about the accuracy or would you still listen because you love the nusic. I think I would still listen but would always want more. I think that whats drives us. The audio bug. A $5000 system is not good enough. A $10,000 is not good enough and so on. But what would you do if the $500 system is all you will have to live with. Will you abandon your hobby? I know I would spend less time. Mike
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usblues
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All music is live.Then its dead.Can only be live once.Then its on to CD,record,vinyl......still gets listened to no doubt.Thats why were here looking for playback machines.Can't rely on the Wind and not all people can sing very good,YMMV,Bob
oregon
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I use a vintage Marantz receiver and older Gershman speakers in a second room.
It is possible to have good sound for $500.
Regardless, it is the music that counts.
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abucktwoeighty
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I have an old Marantz receiver, Denon CDP, and a pair of Advents that still make me smile.
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muzikat
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I also have a vintage Marantz 2270 and Large Advent speakers. Sounds great. I grew up with this combo. One of my favorite sounds still.
Probably close to $500, maybe a little more on Ebay.
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rja
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If I lost my current system and couldn't replace it with something similar, I think I'd get a nice cassette player. Hey, you can get used cassettes for a buck or two, sometimes less.
I would leave the planned obsolescence of formats behind forever and not really care.
I've always enjoyed music, even before I had the "good" stuff. 8^)
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