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a rant

after 30 years of being so enamored with stereo equipment - im ok now just listening to music

im no longer chasing - whenever i have bought new equipment it never sounded as good as i think the reviewer thinks it does. maybe 5% sounded really good and the other 95% - im still waiting for them to break in.

My fantastical brain wanted every piece of equipment to sound incredible. i think the key word is "chasing". 

See, now tube amplifiers are all the rage again - it was class d about 3 years ago - it was solid state about 6 months ago - whenever i have tubes - i want solid state, whenever i have solid state - then i want tubes - then ill try class d  in the meantime 

Im just saying - this hobby is the "space mountain" of roller coasters - ya think!

 

smargo

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jbuhl
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This hobby is just like s few other expensive Hobbies I partake.

Motorcycles and skiing.

There is so much good hardware out there that can render subtle changes in the experience you enjoy that you just can’t stop.

In skiing you could have 2 ski’s that are the same dimension but because of internal construction materials render a completely different experience and both of those you enjoy, especially given a specific set of snow conditions. Same for Audio equipment. The conditions in audio would be the recording (genre, mastering quality, instruments , voice etc).  And your building a rig (boots,liner,binding,wax,ski edge angles) right down to sock thickness. 

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jbuhl
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@curiousjim

Yes, but do they sound any different?😀

HAHA! Well as in our sound system; They do perform differently and as many have pointed out; is that little extra performance gain worth the spend. At some point you just need to settle in a enjoy the music/ride.  Unless you have sheik money then keep on spending!

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