My High End Audio Gear As A Long Term Investment!!!


I’ve had enough years of fiddling around with all this expensive High End Audio gear. No more speaker musical-chairs for me or switching out my amp every few years, or chasing the latest new shine penny, etc. It’s far too costly (and a headache to boot). So a couple years ago I decided to take time and care in diligently putting together a fine audio system, within my budget, of course, that would preform at such a high level of proficiency that I could be sonically satisfied for many, many years to come. Mission accomplished!!! My audio system is soo musically satisfying to me that I could honestly live with it for the duration (but it didn’t come cheap). I know it’s hard to believe. At this juncture, and yes I’m old, I’m just flat-out tired and weary (so is my wallet) of all the hassle of buying and selling gear and (losing $$$ every time), never being satisfied with what I have even though what I have is already quite outstanding. Lets face it, it’s a fun hobby, but it can be an extremely expensive hobby, especially for an average guy like myself. So, I’m done trying to keep up with the Joneses. And now I just want to be content and happy with the wise long-term investment I made in my wonderful sounding audio system and just enjoy it without the constant burden (cloud of uncertainty) of thinking about switching out anything anymore. What a relief it is for me to finally after all these years be able to settle down in front of my audio system with the music being my only concern with a glass of fine red wine and just forget about all my troubles. It good feeling!!!  Anyone else have the same attitude toward the hobby as me?  Are you content with the decisions you made on your audio system?  Are you done with it like I am?   

kennymacc

Well, you're going to have to stay off this site, or you will be drawn into replacing your stuff. I'm getting close to your position, but I like to scan the forums.

I think I’m largely done.  I am not sure, however, what the OP means by “investment “ in the thread title

"And now I just want to be content and happy with the wise long-term investment."

Investment it is not IMO, just a thoroughly enjoyable system for you and yours.

You will be gone, so you won’t be aware of the diminished value, difficulty of selling, parting out, international competition from hifishark, fear of shipping, thus lower prices because reduced buyers via local pick-up ....

You cannot even count on passing it along to your children. I bought 3 R2R machines, me and 1 for both sons. To play the many R2R tapes they will inherit. They gather dust, anf the JSE Model II Speakers they both loved while growing up: the wife says ’their too big".

I was closest to NYC, helped my Grandmother deal with my uncle’s NYC apt after he died, so she ’randomly’ gave me his Fisher Console and R2R tapes. It weighed over 300 lbs. Anyone else in the family might have said ’no thanks’.

Happy listening, enjoy it while you can, I’m ’done’ as you are. Done is a slippery slope.

 

 

Yes, and I find that one of the major factors that allowed me to get there was to have excellent room treatment.  That got me off all the merry-go-rounds.

Having a reasonably good sounding room has made the room much more accepting of speakers and far less concerned about up/down grading the amp or speakers to fix whatever I was having problems with.

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