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Moderately priced audio

So I have been a audiophile for 40 years and in that time I have seen and owned a huge amount of equipment. Lately I have been reading Sterephile magazine and attended the last 2 years of Axpona. My question is what about the people that love the craft and get tremendous joy out of their audio systems that are in the $2-5K price range. Are they to be ignored? I know this hobby holds a lot of enthusiasm by people that have great sounding systems of new and vintage gear that they are proud of and enjoy listening to. While I appreciate the sound and the technology of the systems that cost more than a house I think there is a slice of enthusiast that are silent. Back in the 70s I worked at a stereo store that your average person came in and spent $600-$1000 and got a good sounding system. And we sold a lot of them. Seems a lot less interest today. Could it be the price of what you see in magazines and shows? I am curious to see if you people are out there that love the music and get great joy out of listening to your moderately priced audio equipment. Feel free to share what you have. I know you are out there. 
schmitty1
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uberwaltz
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OP

I actually thought there had been a lot of good examples of how to achieve good audio on the cheap in this thread.

Maybe last few posts had drifted a bit but if you think THIS is off track you should check out a few more threads…. LOL

You aint see nothing yet......
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geoffkait
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Achieving good sound has very little to do with equipment, cables, speakers. That’s so 1980s.  Infuriating, isn’t it? 🥵
glupson
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What was the point?

Wasn’t it that people describe their experiences with less expensive equipment?
jburidan
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Audio Cheapskate Sam Tellig used to review low to moderately priced gear for Stereophile. His articles were fun reading.
trog69
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Recently restarted my love affair with the blues and jazz. Today I’m getting a second Adcom 555mk2 power amp and will try them out in monoblock mode, so gobs of power. Need to upgrade my preamp-while the Emotiva pt-100 has the basics covered well, it’s just that; basic. Looking at the PS Audio Stellar Gain Cell preamp/DAC. All feeding a pair of ADS L810’s. My favorite sounding speakers and ones I’ll likely never sell.

EDIT: Forgot to mention using an SVS PB-2000. Competent and serves my needs well. This system is sound for a gaming pc, in near-field on this desktop, so I doubt I'll keep the monoblock in there. Instead, I'll keep the better sounding of the two and trade-in the other Adcom for the PS Audio gear.
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