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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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10-29-06   Heck, wonderful to see, that this great thread is still aliv ...   Detlof

10-29-06   Detlof, yes some of us have been in this thread for the past ...   Phd

10-29-06   Sure, you must be hungry...and thanks for hanging around all ...   Detlof

11-17-06   Spend more money than you have, use a finance company, make ...   Chrisla

01-11-07   Dpac, thank you for the 4 steps re-hab. if none of your abov ...   Andrewdoan

04-24-07   Someone wrote an article a few weeks ago discussing what com ...   Regalma1

04-24-07   Sell your separates and current speakers, put most of your m ...   Dpac996

04-25-07   Why would anyone want to get off the merry-go-round? merry- ...   Bruce30

04-25-07   It feels good to be back, i feel more rested. bruce30, merry ...   Phd

05-05-07   How does one get off the merry-go-round? adopt a philosophy ...   Studio1

05-06-07   If you're a music lover-there's no getting away from it-it's ...   Psacanli

05-23-07   I hit a peak of purchasing equipment in 1995. about that ti ...   Dakota326

05-25-07   I am off the merry go round for goods, my friends. i was out ...   Andrewdoan

05-25-07   Buy a pair of atc speakers. ; 0 )   Dlanselm

05-25-07   Dlanselm, nice suggestion...or, alternatively, stick to gea ...   Shadorne

06-07-07   Stay away from folks suggesting they left the ride :)   Dpac996

06-10-07   Drubin, perhaps this is how you get off the merry-go-round? ...   Shadorne

09-07-07   That is awsome.   Stearnsn

09-07-07   stearmsn, are you referring to roskelly's ott 5.1 system t ...   Shadorne

09-08-07   "the pod"? i would love to spend a little time in ...   Stearnsn

09-08-07   Downsize but don't sell out...buy a decent tube integrated, ...   Pehare

09-09-07   I am feeling the "done for now" time is nearing si ...   Stearnsn

09-10-07   In response to the question,in my house,there is no getting ...   Usblues

09-22-07: Blackwillard
You get off the merry-go-round when you finally come to your senses that 99% of the world does not give a sh** about this ridiculous and outrageously expensive hobby. This is usually the point when you discover that everything in the world that really matters is in front of you, not what is at the the next corner ( ie. upgrades ).... Put on a blindfold and you will hear very little differences between a $5,000.00 system which is properly set up and complimentary, to a $50,000.00 system which simply gives you braggin' rights. And we often talk about cocaine addicts and how sick they are. True enough, but audio is just as sick. Get the best you can comfortably afford, plug it in and enjoy it. You will listen and enjoy. BUT, buy an expensive system and chances are that after you spend 10X what you should have, you'll lose interest anyway.....
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09-23-07   Blackwillard, 99% of the world doesn't care about sports car ...   Tbg

09-23-07   Blackwillard, i think it is true that 99% of the world don't ...   Phd

09-24-07   Perhaps for some it is the journey and sea of constant chang ...   Shadorne

10-18-07   near field listening ! i am listening to a modest system ...   Gonglee3

10-21-07   When i was four years old i walked over to my girlfriend's h ...   Samujohn

12-15-07   I think owning excellent tube gear is one of the secrets to ...   Emailists

04-18-08   Come on, you know its a disease. just roll with it and die w ...   Chashmal

04-30-08   Chashmal, well spoken! roll with it until you either fall de ...   Detlof

04-30-08   The other day while at work, i thought about all of the mone ...   Abucktwoeighty

05-02-08   Emailists, you have brought up a good point in regards to th ...   Phd

05-15-08   Love of music is joy. love of equipment is materialism. love ...   Chashmal

05-15-08   Well spoken chashmal! wonderful! cheers,   Detlof

05-15-08   May i propose that those who have either great gear or very ...   Gregm

05-15-08   Dear greg, proposition wholeheartedly accepted. i've lived i ...   Detlof

05-15-08   I am now off the merry go round and after a period of depres ...   Tboooe

05-16-08   Could it be that materialism creeps in to our love of music ...   Chashmal

03-13-09   In the past year, i've pursued a music server solution. i l ...   Drubin

03-13-09   Drubin, you put the music on the server in mp-3!!!!!!   Tbg

03-13-09   What's your reasoning, tbg?   Drubin

03-13-09   You said, "... replace it with something better suited ...   Tbg

03-13-09   Because that's what internet radio is. this is mainly about ...   Drubin

03-13-09   One can leave the audio merry-go-'round by first establishin ...   Mrtennis

03-15-09   I think one could get off the merry go round for a while but ...   Cyclonicman

03-15-09   This thread is nearing its eighth birthday and still remains ...   Macrojack

03-15-09   Serial purchasing of audio gear is an addiction like any oth ...   Tvad

03-15-09   Wouldn't that be deliciously ironic? lets start an audio buy ...   Macrojack


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