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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 Drubin  (Threads | Answers | This Thread) 06-07-01

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Click title to read one, or click date to read all below it. 04-13-05   Wel. i have three pairs in my listening room now and it's no ...   Drubin 04-13-05   Gonglee3, i thought q was a measure of resonance of driver m ...   Cdc 04-14-05   cdc - i am sure you are right too - my diy book described ...   Gonglee3 04-14-05   something else to consider are 2 things - 1) room ...   Gonglee3 08-09-05: Hbarrel I got off the merry-go-round. I'm fifty one and have had a better than average stereo since I was eighteen. Speakers and amps, while they are not all created equal a person can learn to enjoy what they've got. I've been lucky enough to have never lived in an area where the quality of the electrical signal effected the sound in any major negative manner. So I have no appreciation for high dollar power cords and have also come to realize that high dollar cabling to my ears is basically a waste of money. Too many of us have forgotten why we bought a stereo in the first place. To enjoy the music. Which is where I'm back to after a quest that included many detours, pitfalls and poor decisions. To answer this thread's orginator question: Put together a simple system that let's you go back to just enjoying the music. Hbarrel  (System | Threads | Answers | This Thread) 08-11-05   Don't spend any money.   Tabl10s 08-13-05   Art, i have the shure e3, and an mp3 player (not apple). i ...   Robm321 08-13-05   Good post hbarrel   Robm321 08-13-05   It is a cry for help! donate you gear and records to a worth ...   R_f_sayles 08-18-05   I agree with hbarrel's post as well, very well put! i am tak ...   Phd 08-19-05   The shure e3 seems to me to be more efficient than other sma ...   Artmaltman 08-23-05   Are you a modernist/minimalist? the tone of your question r ...   Bruce30 09-21-05   The only way to escape is to ignore the audio reviewers (su ...   Mint604 09-22-05   The only true cure is to go "cold turkey' turn off the ...   Mint604 09-22-05   "you can check out any time you like... but you can nev ...   Classical1 09-23-05   Yes ladies and gentlemen, i actually got out of audio for 4 ...   Dgplo 09-23-05   Dgplo, yes you can find your power cord on the merry-go-roun ...   Phd 09-23-05   My answer was a bit of sarcasm...i love to lock myself in th ...   Dgplo 09-24-05   Hi dgplo, yes i knew you were being sarcastic but so was i w ...   Phd 10-13-05   How much is enough? how revealing, how transparent, how dee ...   Kalan 10-16-05   Wait til it stops.   Qdrone 10-16-05   Off? this has not been possible partly because new / improve ...   Cdc 10-17-05   I bought some superabbys w/bailey sub, using the far-field d ...   Arkprof 11-04-05   I've tried or listened to just about everything from a to z ...   Mstic2000 11-04-05   No one gets off, but some are pushed!   Nrchy 11-04-05   Mstic2000, good for you. it's nice to see some example of ...   Robm321 11-05-05   Nrchy, i like your answer but i voluntary jumped, then i was ...   Phd 11-06-05   Don't get a stereo that is too revealing. all you'll hear ar ...   Cdc 11-07-05   Phd is that the 'yo-yo effect' of the audio hobby? it's a s ...   Nrchy 11-07-05   Nrchy, definately the yo yo effect! i wonder if a mad scient ...   Phd 11-09-05   I found myself more concerned with the equipment rather than ...   Mstic2000 11-10-05   Stop reading audio mags!!! they create a desire when one do ...   Larryken 11-11-05   Larryken, amen!   Phd 11-12-05   Larry,that is so true!   Raytheprinter 11-13-05   The first step is admitting that mega-buck cables are snake ...   Whoaru99 11-15-05   Whoaru99, how true! price don't dictate a cable's compatabil ...   Phd 03-17-06   Play around and enjoy a bargain. i've just got on the merry- ...   Jacquescornell 03-17-06   Intuitive design summits.   Mdhoover 05-14-06   I am grateful to be able to read these posts and totally und ...   Dpac996 05-18-06   Don't go for the golden ring. be happy with "good enoug ...   Cdc 05-20-06   Cdc, thats very well said. i think there are alot of other ...   Phd 05-21-06   "way things look on agon, many are taking this advice&q ...   Cdc 06-06-06   I am still searching for that workable integrated amp. so f ...   Kalan 06-06-06   I find lack up funds help.   Aroc 06-07-06   For me, achieviving what one's definition of correct tonal b ...   Bojack 06-08-06   Bojack, do you have a high quality eq recommendation? i t ...   Kalan 10-21-06   Find a system that sounds really good for a little money. th ...   Cdc 10-22-06   It is very simple. buy a decent fm radio and listen. you ma ...   Mrtennis 10-28-06   Mrtennis, a table top radio? how about an ipod?   Phd 10-29-06   1) enjoy what you have 2) stop visiting the internet sites i ...   Dpac996

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