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The Sound or Music

I listen to all genres of music but really enjoy it with good sound. I know of people who just love one particular type of music but don't care at all about audio. My late relative just loved classical music and had hundreds of good records but his system was like bad transistor radio. He had means but was not interested in better system at all. Music, for him was 99.9% and sound 0.1% of the pleasure. He was most likely missing half of instruments of orchestral music, he listened to - either by limited frequency response or very poor resolution. He was a music lover. Am I a music lover or just only an audio freak?
What about you?
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synthfreek
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I am a realist when it comes to balancing funds between albums, cds, etc. and audio equipment. I am quite satisfied with my mid-fi setup that took me many years of piecing together. I am even more satisfied with my 7,000+ cd collection with just as many records.
The boombox to state of the art comparison is easy for me...I want the music. If you add up just my Steve Roach and Pete Namlook cds then that's already over 300 that I couldn't live without.
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synthfreek
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I just turned 40 and I have been collecting cds since '87. I have sold many MANY thousands over the years though. I used to get plenty of free promos while I was running or working at record stores. Here's a video I made last year showing most of them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUk8MSIn9cA
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