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I love this hobby-

I was just sitting here tonight listening to music and was thinking how much music enriches my life. When I was young, music played an important factor in my life, although I never had what I would call a good system for playback. Once I got married and immediately began having a family, it seems music got thrown way on the back burner not to move back towards the front for many many years.

Now that the kids are grown (2 just need to be kicked from the nest) music is once again an important part of my life. No, my system is not SOTA, actually it is very vintage. But it brings me much joy and is best system I have ever owned. I am at a happy place though and don't feel the need to do more than just enjoy what I have been blessed with.

I don't have many music or audio loving friends, so I just wanted to share my joy with you all. I know from reading these pages that we all are passionate about these hard earned gifts, but ain't they grand? ;o)

We don't all have the same ears, identical or even similar gear and systems, nor enjoy the same music. But one thing I think we can all agree, life without music sucks.

Thanks for tolerating my rambling.

Steve
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gunbei
2,327 posts
 
Mrtennis, you are very generous to allow us to hit your balls.
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dweller
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I think when we say "music" here what we're really talking about is the "Spirit" we hope the music will invoke.
jimstew0010
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I no longer love this hobby as much as I used to.

The only time I was ever happy enjoying music was when I owned an el-cheapo Pioneer receiver with a Dual turntable and house-brand speakers. It got a lot better when I purchased a NAD amplifier and Mirage speakers. THEN, I was also pretty active with OTHER activities, including sports. THEN, music was both enjoyable, a journey of discovery, and fun.

NOW: I own mega-dollar speakers, a huge heat-emitting tube amp with a fancy preamp, speaker cables that could trip a horse. All for the price of a new car plus some left over to pamper my Significant Other. I no longer do any sports other than push buttons on the remote controls ( all five of them).

What a passive, boring, hobby this has become.

In fact it has become a futile gear-lust infected activity, where buying the ''flavor of the month'' amplifier or cd player has taken precedence over music.

I'm almost done liquidating my whole system, and will just go to a small integrated and ,''ordinary'' PSB speakers connected to my i-pod.

I will also get out there and see if I have any muscles left that could put my couch-potato body back in shape again. So it will be cycling, street basketball, and doing other things that I left years ago. I'm not blaming the hobby. All my fault.

Free at last.
gunbei
2,327 posts
 
Sounds like a good plan Jim. I might do the same, and begin training again. I forgot what it feels like to live in daily pain. Plus, we might all be surprised how nice an iPod playing through an NAD with PSBs sounds.
mrtennis
3,295 posts
 
does anybody live in the ny area ? maybe we could have an audiogon tennis match.
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