After fifty years… amazing. What high end audio can be.


I am just enjoying my system. I am in awe of what an audio system can be. I have been listening to Bill Evans in the 60’s and 70’s on my system (see my userId). Having relentlessly pursued the high end for fifty years, alway stretching to achieve the next level. It is so rewarding to have a system that completely surprises and delights me each time I listen to it. What a treat…personally, really well worth the thousands of hours and dollars to achieve it. At 70, glad I did it.

ghdprentice

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Let me join the crowd born in 1953 to say—happy 70th to all of us and many more years of happy listening! I too have spent years and $$$ to get to the system I have today and like GHDPrentice I don’t regret all the effort to arrive here. Now let’s all keep our hearing—as much as possible. Happy new year to all, both young and old!

Re affordable gear for the yout’ we elders run into—I was with one of my nieces over Christmas and she bought 3 albums at a sale at the library and asked me about some $400 TT-speaker all in one setup she saw at Crutchfield. I recommended she get the new Technics 1500C TT (has a good Ortofon cart and built-in phono stage) and the KEF LSX2 powered speakers for a 3-piece all in one setup! The price went up to $3000 instead of $400 but I caught her attention. I have the LSX2 speakers in my bedroom for TV and Roon and they sound fabulous for the price. You can find them used for around $1000.