What other hobby...

daj14 posts09-01-2020 10:22pmNot a downer if you get it... but, preparing to die. (Hopefully not for a long time!) The older I get, the more my perspective on all the activities and fuss evolves. "You may die a hundred deaths without a break in the mental turmoil. Or, you may keep your body and die only in the mind. The death of the mind is the birth of wisdom."

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Call Fader McBluber,

Crap, got me right in the ol tear duct. You sure let the FART out of the bottle. Geez dude.... You have the ol .5 amp fast blow fuse syndrome.

Me, I’m more of a 100 amp, auto resetting breaker kind of guy. I got plenty of juice left in the ol’ tank..

RECHARGE, and REGARDS

What do you mean by an "infinite number of variables"?
Are you referring for instance to all the factors involved in choosing "what is the best [X]?" (where "X" = speaker/amp/cable etc)?
So for example in choosing speakers, one might want to consider price, size/weight, build quality, local availability, placement constraints, Wife Acceptance Factor, etc etc, not to mention factors of SQ such as frequency response, dynamic range, bass impact.

Now try framing a similar question for another hobby.  Say, woodworking. What's the best workshop set-up and choice of tools for a budget of $N? You'd be facing a whole 'nother complex set of variables and supporting questions. Like, "Do you prefer hand tools or power tools?"  (~= classical or rock and roll).  

tk21, you and Douglas_Schroeder ain’t no fun. You both took a light hearted question way too seriously. I loved all of the answers except those from both of you. I fear you are both too contentious and defensive to ever be on my party list. 

Macrame

I got into antique jukeboxes around 1990. Buying, restoring, selling, collecting, etc.  I'd be up untill 3 am working on them.  I had nine at one point, I have three favorites now.  I joined the American Historical Jukebox Society.  Meetings, a newspaper, jukebox shows, jackets, the whole works. I met guys with so many jukeboxes they had no room for furniture. I still love those darn things I just don't put in that much effort these days. It was great fun, no regrets.