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Love for music shatter by highend equipment

Music is life, I rather be blind then deaf. It's pretty sad when I realize that my love for music was shatter by high-end equipment. I have friends that refuse to listen to music because it’s not coming from a high-end system. It’s ridiculous that throw away CDs because the record is not to their standard and they won't listen to it. As a result they listen to only a few CD over and over..and over..... They don't listen to the radio. They don't listen to the stereo in their car. What is going on, could it be the mind playing tricks. After all we are spending $50,000 on a system, and it could make us forget that, "Its all about listening to the music". I have to admit, this high end world is an enigma..

Danny
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dgordonl
128 posts
 
Here,Here to Plato and Mvwine!I have somewhat of a high-end system,BUT the difference with me is I knew when to STOP.After a certian point you start drawing at straws,and wasting money on over-rated,over-priced equiptment.
Aaaaah Human Nature!How much better it would be if people used their heads instead of their wallets.
PS:Here's a test,just for the heck of it.Look for a Hafler SE240 amp,there are 2 for sale on A-Gon around 200.00.You would be supprised how a discontinued cheap amp can sound.
I personally do not use one now,but did quite some time ago.
lugnut
1,190 posts
 
Hi Danny,

It is about the music. Chart your own course and set sail. Forget about the oneupmanship and stay true to yourself. I can't fault the folks with systems that are so critical that the software is generally unworthy although I've been careful to not go in that direction. Let's see who continues to listen "to the music" for a lifetime. Someday perhaps the software will be up to the challenge. I believe that day will eventually come, or at least, I hope so.

Happy listening,
Patrick
bomarc
501 posts
 
I've always thought that a good performance on a mid-fi system beats a bad performance on a high-end system. I'm quite dubious of people who believe otherwise, and yet claim to love music.

That said, when I get up in the morning, my wife is listening to classical radio on the kitchen boombox, and I have to turn it off. Even I have my limits (or my distortion thresholds, if you will).
newbee
4,767 posts
 
personally, for those who are really in this hobby because of their love of music, i believe its all part of the learning curve. a lot of attention is paid to sound reproduction until deminishing returns set in and the attention then goes back to music. for some the curve is short and shallow, for others it goes on a long time. for those interested in sound reproduction and materiel possessions it goes on forever. this can be a real benefit to the musicphile because of technolegy trickle down. be grateful this last class exists or you'd be listening to bose boom boxes.
gthrush1
241 posts
 
I'm in it for the gear only, most specifically the wires. I only have maybe 50 CDs or so, and about 25-30 LPs.

I use a bryston B60 integrated, vandersteen 1c speakers, an MMF 'table, and an NAD cd player. The wires are all Siltech Compass Lake, though (even the power cords). I've got about $35k invested in wires, $3,500 in components, and $1,000 in software.
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