Who else here is frugal?


If I had to describe myself as an audiophile in one word, I'd like it to be frugal. Iconoclast may also be right, but if I'm different it may be due to being frugal.  There used to be a TV show called The Frugal Gourmet. To paraphrase him, the food he cooked wasn't necessarily cheap, but he'd get as much value as he could out of what he was doing.


Being an iconoclast doesn't hurt either. Listening for yourself and buying what you like, regardless of what reviewers say and how expensive something is also points us towards this.


What about you? Do you feel better saving money than spending it? Then tell us about yourself. :)
erik_squires

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wolfie62,

It does not seem you are frugal at all. Housing so many items is luxury at its best.
If that "just" refers to review of darTZeel NHB-468 monoblock power amplifier from October 2019, the first paragraph or two are about why it is not entirely unreasonable to review it. The price is high, but not high enough in some way.
winnardt,

"So frugality = was what I spent a deal compared to what others have spent?"
That would disqualify a person who buys something at full price and keeps it for 40 years from being frugal while would make someone who buys things at 60% usual value weekly for 40 years frugal.

You are right, we may have different definitions of frugal in mind and I am not claiming mine is correct.
asvjerry,

What do you call a person who rarely buys..
...Things? First, let us define ’Things’, Friend Eric. ( No, I’m not trying to be snotty...just Serious. *S*
It was my mistake not to write a thorough explanation, but under "things" I was referring to audio equipment. I thought that original post was solely about that although now I see it could be stretched.

It is interesting to read about three homes. How do we define "home"?

By the way, my name is not Eric.
What do you call a person who rarely buys things, keeps them for a long time, mostly ends up with relatively inexpensive items, but never asks about the price and does not take price into equation when deciding about the purchase? Frugal? Iconoclast? Something else?