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Keep equipement or trade?

Now that I have been browsing these forums for awhile and since I have been an audiophile for alongtime so to speak since I am only 19 (i have always loved music and played) I have noticed some trends with people and their equipment.

1. Their are some people that keep their equipment. Not just keep it they keep it forever it gets hard use and they love it. They would never trade up for anything.

2. Those people that trade up all the time for the next best and greatest model. They are always looking for new speakers and what have you.

Now which catagorey do you fit in? Or do you see yourself fitting into one of these. I myself think I fit into the group that likes what they have and keeps it for along time.

For those of you who trade up all the time why are you never satasified with what you have and area always looking for the very best or what is it that fuels the trading up or sideways or whatever?
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mitch4t
1,603 posts
 
The only thing that stops me from trading up is money, period. The only reason that I don't have better stuff is money. I'd love to have a pair of bi-amped Genesis 1 speakers, top of the line Levinson or Audio Research amps and preamps, Wadia cd player and a world class turntable and phono preamp with a killer cartridge.

I will always trade up when I can afford to. The great thing about this hobby is that today's really great sounding expensive stuff will be used equipment in a few years....it will still sound great and be more affordable, and it will still sound great.
avguygeorge
2,300 posts
 
"Keeps it for a long time?"-As Billy Crystal says:"I got socks in my draw older than that. (19 years old???)Wait till you start making big bucks--you'll be as neurotic as the rest of us.
hank
38 posts
 
I was a 1 for over 25 years! I bought good stuff and kept it that long. Now I gave it all to my two sons and they continue to use it every day. The good old stuff still holds up even by todays standards.

Then I became a 2. I bought all new stuff (big bucks)and now feel the new system sounds far better than the old one. So I'm a happy camper.

Now I have reverted back to a 1 perhaps for another 25 years and that would be just fine.

It's a great hobby and the bottom line is there is no right or wrong approach as long as it works for you. But always remember to listen to the music more than the equipment. The music is what matters most, the equipment is merely a tool to bring it to you.

Good luck.

Hank
gunbei
2,327 posts
 
I was a ZERO until I found Audiogon.

Now I'm a raging TWO, trying to become a ONE POINT SIX SIX SIX...
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yioryos
723 posts
 
I fit in exactly as in Mitch4t situation.Would like to own the very best but simply can't afford it.Even at that I still own an impressive system.Over the years I bought some nice equipment,that still have.I try to buy something that I like and with good reputation.Since discovering Audiogon I am in Heaven.
Gunbei a question for you.What do you mean "you were a zero"
Do you mean "a non audiophile".
Cheers to all of you guys an happy listening.
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