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How does one get off the merry-go-round?

I'm interested in hearing from or about music lovers who have dropped out of the audio "hobby." I don't mean you were content with your system for 6 weeks. I mean, you stood pat for a long time, or--even better--you downsized...maybe got rid of your separates and got an integrated.

(I suppose if you did this, you probably aren't reading these forums any more.)

If this sounds like a cry for help, well, I dunno. Not really. I'm just curious. My thoughts have been running to things like integrated amps and small equipment racks and whatnot even as I continue to experiment and upgrade with vigor (I'm taking the room correction plunge, for example.) Just want to hear what people have to say on the subject.

---dan
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rmoyers
19 posts
 
You can always develop a serious hearing loss
rmoyers
19 posts
 
I have a friend who's been in this since the early 1970s. He recently dumped his Conrad Johonson and Theta separates, and bought a Classe integrated amp and a Theta Miles. He likes the new system better than the old, and he put some cash in his pocket.
bobgates
535 posts
 
I don't think I could ever get off the merry-go-round because I have always loved this hobby. As I have gotten older though I have tried to simplify my system. I now have a nice integrated tube amplifier, smaller floor-standing speakers (so I don't have to mess around with stands), a high-end cd player and high quality interconnects and speaker cables. I still feel, eventhough I have downsized, that it is important to stay with quality high-end equipment.
standaman
3 posts
 
There is no getting off! It is like being in the Mafia, (which doesn't exist), once your in, your in for life! If you try to get off the merry-go-round, the Audio gods will strike you with deafness!
adamanteus
80 posts
 
Lots of good ideas here. The one I most agree with is the poster who wrote "don't read the mags". He's right. Every time I pick up one of these things there's some ear and eye candy, not unlike seeing some mags with scantily clad and attractive ladies. Don't know about you guys, but that will most definitely put the wrong thoughts in my mind. BTW, look at Musical Fidelity's latest ads for their NuVista: "audio jewelry for the ears and eyes". That should tell us something about their knowing how to pull our strings.
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