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12-06-01
Gunbunny, your post hits home with me. i own two custom made ... Gunbei
12-10-01
You know what's worse.... when you do all this research, spe ... Gunbunny
01-01-02
I got off the merry go round after attending a stereophile s ... Trebleclef
01-02-02
Trebleclef, we must be brothers in arms! the quads are the c ... Detlof
01-02-02
Well detlof, my experience is the opposite of yours, gone fr ... Tubegroover
01-03-02: Detlof
Tubegroover, isn't happyness the main thing? And the drive for perfection is a noble endevour, is it not? And if we do not make our loved ones unhappy or harm them with what we are doing, why shouldn't we? Mind you, and I've been at it for over 35 years, there comes a point, when you will reconcile yourself with the fact, that you will NEVER be able to simulate real, live music in all its wonderful entirety and that you can leave your system more or less as it is and just enjoy the music. What helps here, is the realisation, that really old gear, like the Threshold Stasis amps of the seventies, or the AR 79 tube amp, not to speak of the 120, that wonderful Quad 57 or the ML 25 watter, class A monos still hold their own, when compared to modern gear. There have been huge advances in loudspeakers, but comparing the old stuff to modern designs, I doubt a bit, if really essential breakthroughs in electronic designs have happened. Possibly my ears are just sentimental and I'm indeed using modern electronics, but I find the differences are not that huge to really be "blown away". What has changed though, is our perception of recorded music and our way to describe it. We have developed a vocabulary, that was not around fourty years ago and if we apply it to vintage gear, I at least have found, that it is not doing badly at all. Cheers! Detlof
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01-03-02
Detlof yes indeed and happy i am but i want to be happier : ... Tubegroover
01-04-02
Tubegroover, if your only regret is the cost, then actually ... Detlof
01-07-02
Detlof: i don't mean to be pessimistic. my assesment comes f ... Trebleclef
01-07-02
Trebleclef, your points are hard to refute and in terms of s ... Detlof
01-07-02
Not certain i was as hooked as some but an old friend pulled ... Clueless
01-07-02
Never get on it in the first place. i did a lot of listenin ... Piezo
01-07-02
Detlof; i do wish i were wrong. i live here in washington dc ... Trebleclef
01-08-02
Yes, it does not look good. we're a bit behind here, as in e ... Detlof
01-10-02
I recently jumped off the merry-go-round due to a business s ... Wehamilton
01-11-02
I recently downsized from tube separates to a solid state in ... Joe_b
01-11-02
I was kicked off the m-g-round. i had to sell the "drea ... Gregm
01-11-02
Sounds to me like people are getting their priorites back in ... Trebleclef
01-13-02
I have given up on hi-fi twice in my life: 1. i was played a ... rgstein@
01-13-02
Rgstein: its all been downhill since vinyle. listening to a ... Clueless
01-13-02
Nice simile, clueless, but i'd rather say through a thin lay ... Detlof
01-14-02
Ah... some semblance of sanity creeping in. thank you wehami ... Pbb
01-14-02
Pbb, when i was in college and used my turn table as a pizza ... Clueless
01-14-02
Yes, especially with a tonno e cipolla pizza! Detlof
01-14-02
Clueless, touchy, touchy on vinyl's achilles heel are we not ... Pbb
01-14-02
Pbb, we all start dying the minute we are played. maybe i fe ... Clueless
01-16-02
Corks, pbb. corks. a simple cork upgrade can open whole ne ... Bishopwill
01-16-02
Bottle-neck ferrites?? check out the full back page ad in wh ... Clueless
01-16-02
I must be doing something wrong, 'cause when i use it, i can ... Detlof
03-07-02
You can always develop a serious hearing loss Rmoyers
03-07-02
I have a friend who's been in this since the early 1970s. he ... Rmoyers
03-12-02
I don't think i could ever get off the merry-go-round becaus ... Bobgates
03-17-02
There is no getting off! it is like being in the mafia, (wh ... dontyouno@
04-04-02
Lots of good ideas here. the one i most agree with is the po ... Adamanteus
04-08-02
Own multiple systems. not every recording sounds good on eve ... Mark_hubbard
04-09-02
I kicked the habit completely for 20 years! got rid of all m ... Huntermusic
04-25-02
"hunter..." had hit the spot! we are just like dru ... Eldragon
04-26-02
Right on! i could quit anytime, i just don't choose to righ ... Drubin
05-12-02
I agree with garfish. i'm balls to the wall when it comes to ... Yoby
06-14-02
I am far from being off the merry go round but anyhow..... ... Cdc
06-15-02
Drubin: i cannot speak for anyone else. i think that every ... Chaskelljr2001
07-09-02
I thought i would be remiss if i did not update my comments ... Joe_b
09-04-02
I don't know if i know how to get off. for me, the biggest i ... Elmuncy
09-15-02
L listen to what you have and enjoy the attributes. update ... Tommy_in_sylmar
02-13-03
Once you have decided to flee the merry-go-round: attach you ... Agonanon
03-07-03
If you enjoy your music system with the least expensive inte ... jrd@
03-09-03
Be satisfied with what you have. if you keep worrying there ... Cdc
03-09-03
I don't think you ever do?? i keep telling my wife and frien ... Btstrg
03-10-03
I agree with btstrg, i dont think you really get off the mer ... Jcatral14
03-11-03
Sometimes going retro will get you off the merry go round fo ... jrd@
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