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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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pickindoug
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I have definitely entered the phase where I'm enjoying the music, and specifically new music and genres, more than ever before.  I rarely listen to the music of my youth, but still enjoy it when I hear it. 

Short story...my high efficiency system is JBL C37 or Altec 604-8G (they take turns).  Have been driving them with anything from a homebrew SE45 amp to Dennis Had's KT88 Inspire to vintage Williamson designs.  Went to a ham radio swap meet last month and picked up a little Chinese made amp that uses a 6N2 driver and a pair of 832a wired single ended.  The 832a were done, so I ordered a pair.  I am shocked at how good this little amp sounds.  A bit short of the refinement I hear with the other SE amps in the stable, but it cost less than a half Franklin including the new tubes.  Since it has a headphone jack, I now feel like I need to buy some decent cans.....

Maybe it is just about the music.....

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