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In Reply to: Getting back to basics - Have I gone to far posted by fin1bxn@msn.com on May 20, 2009 at 05:49:02:
why you feel it necessary to step down from what you currently have? Can you afford it? Does it sound good? Does it give you satisfaction? ("I now have about 25k+ invested in my system. I love it, it reproduces music the way I hear it in my head.") If the answer is yes, I would keep it. Before you make a decision to downgrade, I think it is really important to find out what is motivating your thinking. If owning your current system is in someway a psychological negative in your life, then go ahead and downgrade but first be sure to find the answer as to why it is a negative.
If for some reason you feel guilty for investing $25,000+ in a stereo system, I now absolve you of any guilt. Go and enjoy your listening. BUT don't go spending $50,000 on stereo equipment. :-))
If I had to sell my equipment for financial reasons, I would do so but I would miss the wonderful sound of my current system. Music plays an important role in our household and we would rather spend what discretionary income we have on going to concerts and building a satisfying stereo system. If I had to downgrade, I would adjust and still find enjoyment in listening to music. IMHO, even a very modest well setup system can give great musical satisfaction. I love my big rig system but also find musical enjoyment listening to MP3s on my IPod. However, I personally cannot accept the premise that downgrading to a less costly system automatically makes it possible to better listen to music. Yes, I find enjoyment listening to my IPod but it doesn't begin to compare to the enjoyment I get from the greater realism and communication of the big rig system.
I think I really became happy as an "audiophile" when I accepted that no matter how good my system, there would always be systems that were better and systems that were worse. I was then able to get off the audiophile "merry-go-round."
Over the years, I have had several modest but good systems. I never spent other than discretionary income to buy these systems. I currently have a wonderful sounding system that I assembled half at retail and half used on Audiogon. My previous systems were donated to up and coming audiophiles. The satisfaction of seeing the older equipment being used by someone who loves music is worth far more to me than the money I would have received selling the equipment. When I was first starting out, a music teacher sold me a complete system worth about $1,000 for $100 and let me pay it out $5 a month. Thus my life-long career as an audiophile was started. I have never forgotten her generosity so I try to pay it forward.
DLB
"Music is framed in silence."
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Follow Ups
- Ask yourself... - DLB 05/21/0914:38:29 05/21/09 (2)
- Agree - and keep your system - mrt 08:22:33 05/23/09 (0)
- Very good post - thank you......Nt (as well as all the rest) - fin1bxn@msn.com 15:10:01 05/22/09 (0)
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