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Happy Scale

I found this reply interesting on the "Happy Scale" of our present systems vs. One's of the past.

Great topic to contemplate. In the mid 80's My first stereo at 23 was pretty good. 400 watts of SAE power,  Technics SBE 200 speakers, Thorens TD 124 TT. All vinyl. For me and my friends, it was unbeleiveable how good it sounded. Fast forward 30 years.... I now own a $40,000 Audio Note system. It may "technically" sound better but it doesn't make me any happier on MY happy Scale. My friends don't talk about my present system but they sure talked about my system 30 years ago. I was the guy with the stereo. It felt good.

Rich or poor keep searching to achieve those 10/10 happy scale moments. Happy is just plain happy. Period. It's what we live for.

Can anyone add to the mix...during these isolated times?

Cheers
ishkabibil

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asvjerry
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"......😜......with the money you're saving on your system, you can afford an inexpensive comedy writer :) "

...brilliant...'exquisite'.....@isochronism....👏😃
...but the retort was parried well, y'gotta admit...;)

Great...a place to hang and wait. Old Audio we have known....mmmm...

The last system of note was my Kenwood LO-7 set. the ESS amt 12" woofer with matching passives.
Technics SL10 TT, Sony cass, AudioControl EQ with ARC, this 'n that...


I like my current stuff, it gives me a lot of 'versatility'....9.4/10.

Doesn't have to be flawless...the listener isn't. *L*
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asvjerry
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@hombre, a lot of my current stuff is pro audio.  It may not be 'pretty', but functionality is a tad more important for me....

That, and the specs are specs.  The 'pros' live and fail by them to a greater degree than we do.  You don't got to concerts to listen to 'meh' sound....

They Have to sound Great.  We just want to sound better...in our own ways and means.....;)
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