@bluorion Thank you for sharing your recent journey. It can be really fun. One of the real challenges is to identify and put a name on the characteristics that really make a system satisfying to you. That is the real challenge for folks that pursue this long termed like @panzrwagn. It can keep one captivated for a long time. Enjoy your pursuit of the high end.
After fifty years… amazing. What high end audio can be.
I am just enjoying my system. I am in awe of what an audio system can be. I have been listening to Bill Evans in the 60’s and 70’s on my system (see my userId). Having relentlessly pursued the high end for fifty years, alway stretching to achieve the next level. It is so rewarding to have a system that completely surprises and delights me each time I listen to it. What a treat…personally, really well worth the thousands of hours and dollars to achieve it. At 70, glad I did it.
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@ghdprentice What? You haven’t heard? The earth is definitely flat now. We’ve had it wrong all these years. 🙄 |
Perhaps I'm just in a mood but I wonder if we are the last of a generation that grew up with hi-fi and made it an important part of our lives-- upgrading to the point where many of us have very fine systems, built after years in this pursuit. There is no doubt a younger, monied class, and there's the uber gear (which I don't necessarily see as a sign of health of the business but whatever- I appreciate the "blue sky" aspect). It just doesn't seem to be a priority to some of the younger generation who face a whole set of challenges. Maybe that's true of every generation. I'm not lamenting the loss of the good old days, but I see the changes. I'm in Austin now, after decades in NYC, and there is very little "on the ground" here, hi-fi wise.It is a "young" city with the university and all the tech. Record shops are doing ok, but I suspect the clientele isn't largely audiophiles-- maybe a few budding ones. I do try to help out the 30 somethings here in different ways, whether it is flattening a record or gifting a few and many of them can't afford a house, let alone spending money extravagantly. (Maybe spending on other things, like high end phones and ear buds, I dunno)> Sorry if I'm being a buzzkill, not really my intention. I'm also a geezer and I'm struck by how our world has changed and will continue to change. Enjoy it while you can! (I figure by the time they haul me off to the home or worse, it won't much matter but carpe something!).
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@whart I agree with you regarding the younger generation and their music, gear, etc. Us older folks had to 'shop' for music back in the day and we had more access to hifi shops (at least here in VA). It took effort to go out and hunt down import vinyl (or CDs) and we had fun doing it. Gear was less expensive and easier to obtain back then. Today---easy streaming, and no access to affordable gear has left the younger folks with Beats headphones and desk top speakers. I have a couple of friends in their 20s (from another hobby) and they love my system and one has started working on building a system. He loves vinyl too---I got him a Kraftwerk album for Christmas! It's a shame that the current record stores don't showcase or offer mid-priced, quality gear for blooming audiophiles. |
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