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At What Age Does An Audiophile Buy His Last Amp?

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I am 60 years old. I have bought and sold audio equipment for years while trying out gear to get the perfect blend for my system. At 60, I think I may have one more shot at a major overhaul of my system. Whatever gear I have after this next overhaul is the gear I will ride into the sunset. Geez, I hope I'm not 75 still trying to squeeze that last 3% of sonic excellence out of an equipment upgrade purchase.

I think I'm going to have to draw the line at 65.
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gocubs999
156 posts
 
Not fair to generalize when comparing men & woman. How does the saying go: "Men age like fine wine and woman age like bread". Sorry gals, not my quote.

Excuse me while I trim my ear hairs and de-wax before my next listening session.
bgeofft-duplicate-0
174 posts
 
Around the same age. Have yo-yo'ed countless times with the upgrade/downgrade beginning well before there was an audiogon. I'm concluding with an integrated amp, set of speakers, decent cables, modified disc player and music server/dac. I have a portable setup for travel, but my travel these days is usually for a funeral and those hotel/motels rooms can lonely places without a music respite.
ebm
9,311 posts
 
87 or 88
magnumpi205
504 posts
 
NEVER!
onemug
784 posts
 
Hear me now and believe me later (Hans and Franz from SNL)...If you love music, when you have lived with a well built SET mated with the right speakers, that will be "the age" you stop upgrading. Well, close anyway.

I'm in my 60's and got the "vintage" bug a few years ago. I've enjoyed putting together a few nostalgic systems that in no way are an upgrade to what my main system is but I get a tremendous joy out of doing it and listening to it. I will say this though, the Marantz 8b/7c/120b tuner driving SF Guarneri Homages, that I'm listening to right now, gives me something real close to my ref system.
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