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Happy Scale

I found this reply interesting on the "Happy Scale" of our present systems vs. One's of the past.

Great topic to contemplate. In the mid 80's My first stereo at 23 was pretty good. 400 watts of SAE power,  Technics SBE 200 speakers, Thorens TD 124 TT. All vinyl. For me and my friends, it was unbeleiveable how good it sounded. Fast forward 30 years.... I now own a $40,000 Audio Note system. It may "technically" sound better but it doesn't make me any happier on MY happy Scale. My friends don't talk about my present system but they sure talked about my system 30 years ago. I was the guy with the stereo. It felt good.

Rich or poor keep searching to achieve those 10/10 happy scale moments. Happy is just plain happy. Period. It's what we live for.

Can anyone add to the mix...during these isolated times?

Cheers
ishkabibil
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jond
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My current system is by far the best I've had and it makes me the most happy. But other than my speakers, which are a year or two old, and streamer which is about 3 years old, everything in my system is at least 20 years old. Amp and preamp 20 and 21 years Dac 25 years. So its current but its also old. If that matters.
bob540
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Maybe it’s why the teen years are called “The Wonder Years” — so many firsts, so many milestones, life as adventure.

Then we get a bit older and get regimented into work and family and the exciting things we thought might be in our future become rather mundane.  

The best times in my life were when I was young, when love, commitment and children were young.  Still a feeling of adventure.  Then, you get older and can afford more, but you still relish talking about your first car, your stereo set-up, the hot girls you knew in high school and sports you excelled in.  Like Al Bundy reliving in his mind and heart his glory days at Polk High . . . But later as a shoe salesman, not so much.
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asvjerry
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"......😜......with the money you're saving on your system, you can afford an inexpensive comedy writer :) "

...brilliant...'exquisite'.....@isochronism....👏😃
...but the retort was parried well, y'gotta admit...;)

Great...a place to hang and wait. Old Audio we have known....mmmm...

The last system of note was my Kenwood LO-7 set. the ESS amt 12" woofer with matching passives.
Technics SL10 TT, Sony cass, AudioControl EQ with ARC, this 'n that...


I like my current stuff, it gives me a lot of 'versatility'....9.4/10.

Doesn't have to be flawless...the listener isn't. *L*
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gosta
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A very good 80’s system is still a very good system today. At least if you’re into power.
hombre
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Just when on SAE website and all their new amps look like pro amps. Real industrial looking. Like Crown. But the THD is rated 0.05% so they must be pretty good. Awesome power. over a thousand wpc. And capable of driving 2 ohm speakers. Guess you wouldn't worry about overdriving these amps. My maggie LRS speakers are really power hungry. The Vidar amp is 200 wpc into 4 ohms and if I crank the volume it gets really hot. I caused it to shut down a couple times when I first got it so I had to set a volume limit on the pre. The new SAE amps only have balanced inputs. No L&R phono plug inputs.
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