Always knew about hi end, but ex-wife didn't allow. Got divorced. Bought a mac MC 30 at a yard sale (with a C 8) for $35!!! Got the MC 30 fixed, got another one. Now have about 20 mac tube pieces and a bunch of solid state, too. Got M & K S1-C satellites and a Def Tech Powerfield 12 sub to replace Def Tech BP 10s - Wow! Upgraded from AR TT with Benz silver to VPI HW 19 Mk III with SME 309 arm and Glider - double Wow! Just got a Musical Fidelity Nu Vista M3 integrated - WOW, WOW, WOW, WOW, WOW, WOW! Where to next? I don't know, but what I've got now is pretty profound. Love that vinyl sound. CDs sound better now with the M3 (Marantz 65 SE thru X-10D with X-PSU). Maybe an MSB Link DAC with upsampling, or a better cartridge, or a power supply for the VPI, or God knows what. It'll never end, but it sure is fun. New wife like it too!
How did U get into this expensive hobby?
So I was up last night listening to my system and thought to myself, when am I going to be 100% satisfy with my set up. Just for once I like to listen without thinking well maybe if I can add this or remove that I can improve on this or that area. A mist all that I thought how did I ever got into this hobby any way? Well, the nightmare began for me when I was working in my college university's periodical section. We had over 3000+ magazines on file. The first stereo magz I ever picked up was the AUDIO annual price list which was about 300 or so pages of all major audio mfg. and models..also known as the audio bible; what ever happened to Audio magazine anyway? I remembered being so intrigued by so many brands that I have never heard of before and how the workmanship and industrial design seemed so much far superior than the average Kenwood and Pioneer back then (no offense to Kenwood and Pioneer owners). This was 10 years ago and I started by scraping every pennies I had to purchase my first NAD integrated amp. Although 10 years have passed, I am still scraping for money to own something new every now and then, but this time instead of pennies, it's dimes a nickels since my tasted have upgrade with my salery. It'd be interesting to hear how some of you fellow audigoners got started in this hobby. Upon adding to this thread, you'll find that you'll get a little grin on your face after spilling your guts out on how you began on this deep pocket journey and how far you have come. Happy Holidays guys and gals.