wave a magic wand and poof...the stereo disappears

Mrtennis has been posting some good stuff here, starting with the caramel flavored cd player he was looking for.

Keep up the good work!

where in NY are you? not that I wanted to listen to your $350 mini-system, just curious...

If my stereo were taken away tomorrow, yeah, I'd miss the hell out of it, but life has a way of filling vacuums. I'd eventually find something else to obssess over and spend gobs of money on. Maybe comic books or muscle cars.

hi audphile1, i live in nassau county.

by the way, i realize that the cd player of my dreams doesn't exist, so i ended up with a bat vk d5. if i have to i'll try to "dull it out" with tubes, or place some anti resonant device under it, or find a dull cable.

thanks for your support.

I've gone in and out of this hobby since the early 70's as the spirit, my available time, money and interest have moved me.
I just returned to it a few months ago after a 10 year hiatus, and frankly, I didn't really 'miss' it during that time, since I was preoccupied with other interests, and had burned-out on the almost myopic focus on the equipment, rather than the music. (I found myself playing the same records again, and again- truly a disturbing sign.:))

I can enjoy a piece of music even over a portable, or a standard car audio system- for the sake of the music. Listening to a 'perfectionist' system brings other baggage, since it almost requires a singular focus on the event, which then tends to trigger those audiophile tendancies of listening to the equipment.
One thing I have found since my return- listening over the horn-type speaker- is that I am more willing to listen to entire albums, not just 'tracks' and more receptive to listening to less than stellar recordings, for the sake of hearing a great performance. (Lately, I've been very taken with those 80's era live Etta James/Eddie Vinson records).

I agree that Mr. T's thread topics tend to be provocative.

Mrtennis,

I think your logic is somewhat askew. Just because you've heard expensive systems and they have not impressed you does not mean that there aren't thousands of systems out there that cost a lot less that would sound night and day better than your mini-system.

Probably, your mini has a nice basic midrange, with a hint of bass, and is not too offensive in other areas and to you, that's great. Many of us on this site wish we could be content with such a modest system, but the fact is, that I, and many others here cannot. And if I were a betting man, I'd bet that once you heard a system that walked all over what your mini is capable of (and there are many out there) you'd suddenly get that upgrade fever...

Heck, in fact, I have an old vintage retro system with Altec speakers, an Onkyo receiver and a Sony turntable with a Grado cartridge that I paid less than $200 for and I bet it will outperform your mini. It sounds really "good," to me, but as "good" as it sounds, my other more upscale systems sound appreciably better.