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How does one get off the merry-go-round?

I'm interested in hearing from or about music lovers who have dropped out of the audio "hobby." I don't mean you were content with your system for 6 weeks. I mean, you stood pat for a long time, or--even better--you downsized...maybe got rid of your separates and got an integrated.

(I suppose if you did this, you probably aren't reading these forums any more.)

If this sounds like a cry for help, well, I dunno. Not really. I'm just curious. My thoughts have been running to things like integrated amps and small equipment racks and whatnot even as I continue to experiment and upgrade with vigor (I'm taking the room correction plunge, for example.) Just want to hear what people have to say on the subject.

---dan
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shadorne
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Dlanselm,

Nice suggestion...or, alternatively, stick to gear that is selected by Pink Floyd, Mark Knopfler, Sting and many other famous recording artists and simply assume that these people know what they are doing when it comes to music and can afford to get what they find most convincing. Follow those "in the know" and trust their judgement... after all it is impossible to listen to everything that is out there and the constant change of the Merry-go-round strongly suggests there is a lot of gear out there that leaves people underwhelmed.
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shadorne
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Drubin,

Perhaps this is how you get off the Merry-Go-Round?

Getting off the Merry-Go-Round One

Getting off the Merry-Go-Round Two

Anyone care to count the number of woofers?

The bluetooth keyboard and trackball are to control everything from the listening position. The extensive acoustic treatment is placed where it is most important (behind the listener). Kudos to Mike Roskelley for a simply awesome studio setup.
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shadorne
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That is awsome.

Stearmsn,

Are you referring to Roskelly's OTT 5.1 system that I posted?

I hoped it woud get a few comments or push people to find some better pics of OTT systems to post. You know...for fun!
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shadorne
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Perhaps for some it is the journey and sea of constant change that keeps them trapped on the Merry-go-round.

Careful perusal of this thread and A'gon site in general shows that many audiophiles claim to have gotten off the merry-go-round (found that ideal component, system, the BEST!). Great eulogies abound to this, that, and other prized components... that the great search is ended!

Recorded for posterity, these threads are like trunkless legs of stone, a shattered visage, in a desert where nothing beside remains: a testament to long dead, fleeting passions.
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shadorne
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Suffering from too much GAS? Sadly most audiophiles here seem afflicted with too much GAS.

This is the correct technical term for what Drubin describes as the "merry-go-round" affliction. I am surprised I have never seen this popular term used here on Audiogon. Are audiophiles out of touch and in another world or are audiophiles simply not musicians or musically adept, for the most part?
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