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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. 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   Tubegroover, isn't happyness the main thing? and the drive f ...   Detlof 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: rgstein@myrealbox.com I have given up on hi-fi twice in my life: 1. I was played a demo system in which I heard distortion in the source of 9 out of 10 recordings. The 10th was clean, but I couldn't stand the music. 2. When I was no-the-air at a classical FM station, the sound we put out was terrible. Therefore, if the source is normally sub-perfect, there's no point in spending tons of time and money on equipment superior to the "software." It is more satisfying to listen to real music on a system that "masks" the accuracy in favor of musicality. Remember the sound of a Grundig console? Unfortunately, that has to be my bottom line. Richard rgstein@myrealbox.com  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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