I'm thinking that youngsters are getting burned .

I spent $2500 on my(admittedly good) APL Hi-Fi's Denon 3910 cd player(a class-C Stereophile recommendation before modification). I spent over $3700 on my turntable setup. I just remember that I learned almost all I know about audio when I was broke. For one, my memory was good(which is no longer the case{I'm 54}. The second is that I didn't have much money-I had to make do. I want to mention to those with no money the Zhalou(read about it on Head-Fi). We are old and fat now. We are not the future. With that in mind, I want to add Supertramp's "Breakfast in America" to those twenty discs we are supposed to come up with. Herman, I suggest that you drive the early Porshce's and compare them to later Porshce's to see if your comment(which is similiar to others) is correct. We are no longer the future. We need the youngster's input! You would not believe what I came up with when I had no money(I've gotten respect from Walker and Mana from what I learned when I was broke.).

I'm not sure I follow about the Porsches.

My interpretation of the original post was "why spend a lot of money when you can have music very cheaply?"

My point was that you can apply that philosophy to just about anything once you get past the basic necessities to sustain life. That doesn’t mean I agree with it. I clearly see the difference in a Mercedes and Kia . I was just pointing out that if you adhere to the cheap music philosophy then you should also choose the Kia. I prefer the Mercedes.

herman, instead of buying the merceds, by a kia and donate the difference to charity.

i beleive in value, if you are paying more than something is worth, you should buy something else even though you can afford the more expensive and overpriced item.

herman, you took the bait. evidently you couldn't detect the humor in my post.

either i need to go back to comedy school or you need to get in touch with your humerous side.

i wouldn't react too harshly, its bad for your blood pressure.

another piece of advice you proably don't want. stop taking life so seriously. lighten up.

Mr. Tennis, I do have a sense of humor and take things as lightly as they warrant. I may be wrong but from looking through your other threads you seem to enjoy taking unconventional positions just to see what responses you can get. Some call this trolling. Some feel this is enjoying yourself at the expense of others. Most simply call this childish. Since by your own admission you think that "baiting" people on these forums is an acceptable practice I must respectfully disagree and will avoid engaging you in the future.