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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
drubin
cdc
1,929 posts
 
Find a system that sounds really good for a little money. Then realize to get slightly better sound would cost a small fortune.
After all, meeting personal preference is more the goal than finding "The Absolute Sound" IMHO.
mrtennis
3,295 posts
 
it is very simple. buy a decent fm radio and listen.

you may be surprised how enjoyable it is. you may realize that you don't need a "stereo" to enjoy music.
phd
1,332 posts
 
Mrtennis, a table top radio? How about an IPOD?
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dpac996
732 posts
 
1) enjoy what you have
2) stop visiting the internet sites including audiogon (if this makes it through it will be a miracle)
3) throw away useless piles of audio rags
4) take a ~2 week break on listening to music.

I think 2 and 3 are more important than people realize.
detlof
1,899 posts
 
Heck, wonderful to see, that this great thread is still alive. I poked my nose into it about 15 months ago and what I said then, holds still true. I'm back here now to ask a few questions on behalf of a friend and when that is done, I'll be off again to do an old wheezers version of what Joni Mitchell sang so beautifully about on her first LP..... and yes Drubin, what you read between the lines was true, but we got rid of it now. Cheers to you all. Being here, for a jiffy, rekindles such good memories.
Bless your ears!!!!! (((:
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