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Post by Westie on Mar 22, 2024 17:32:04 GMT
When I look around the net, I see lots of people regularly swapping kit. Some (most) of them have being doing so for years, even decades. You look back through their posts from 5,10 or even 20 years ago and they were raving about the latest purchase. Then you look at their signatures and none of the “amazing” purchases are still with them. It’s completely implausible that they can have made hundreds of massive improvements, because their system today would sound better than real musicians by now! And yet these people don’t realise. I have a mate who is just the same. He goes round in circles, yet every purchase is amazing on day one.by day 14 it’s on eBay. Within weeks, he’s back to the sort of thing he started with before his next massive improvement. OK, so it’s not harming me, but constantly swapping and hyping what you buy, can and does set others off on silly “grail trails” because they believe your hype and want the same improvement themselves. I just wanted to highlight how illogical it all is, in the hope maybe of saving a few people some cash. If swapping is your thing, then good luck to you, but maybe wait a month or so before sharing your impressions with others…..assuming you actually hang onto the item for that long
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Post by Southall on Mar 22, 2024 17:57:34 GMT
My box swapping habit has reduced down an awful lot.
I was terribly addicted to it during my 20s.
I'm 35 now. The older I get - the less swapping. Not exactly sure why through? But on the good side, I saved a lot of money!
But make no mistake. I still do (once in a while) get a little curious about trying a different loudspeaker or amplifier. Only in moderation.
S.
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Post by André on Mar 22, 2024 18:09:57 GMT
HiFi puddings always have an answer to justify their delusional actions
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Post by Westie on Mar 22, 2024 18:13:02 GMT
HiFi puddings always have an answer to justify their delusional actions “Puddings” lol 😂 I’ll not forget that in a hurry.
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Post by Westie on Mar 22, 2024 18:25:30 GMT
My box swapping habit has reduced down an awful lot. I was terribly addicted to it during my 20s. I'm 35 now. The older I get - the less swapping. Not exactly sure why through? But on the good side, I saved a lot of money! But make no mistake. I still do (once in a while) get a little curious about trying a different loudspeaker or amplifier. Only in moderation. S. Yeah but you never go mental and start telling everyone your latest buy is better than any experience you’ve had in your entire life: You dabble for the fun and curiosity. I still do that occasionally, because I like playing with and looking at nice things. In this house, my system sounds great and I really enjoy it. Is it better than other great systems I’ve had? No, because I’ve had probably half a dozen systems that I’ve loved just as much, and which were as good in their respective rooms at the time. I’ve gone forwards, backwards and round in circles sound-wise over that time, often due to house moves, but not always. I’m under no illusion that there’s some massive leap in sound to be made because I’ve heard mega-bucks systems, and I know what is and isn’t possible in a normal room. Even when you do make sonic gains, do you enjoy listening to music any more? Surely that’s all that matters?
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Post by dsjr on Mar 22, 2024 21:15:54 GMT
Crikey - I bought my Micro Seiki CD player from a pal in 1994, Dual 701 turntable in '89 or so on a trip to Darlington (2nd Hand HiFi I think it was), amps were inherited around twelve to fifteen years ago depending on unit, the D-150 a purchase on eBay several years ago, Harbeths acquired used in 2016.. Second rig has been in flux but has settled on a Sony La Scala system bought over the last five years, now with the S2 integrated MOS-FET amp I bought cheap as a non runner and fixed (speaker relay which is a known thing), Diamond 7.2SEs I got last year (not sure what to do with the old IMF's as yet) and my shit turntables I've collected since living here. The surprising Technics micro system is boxed now in storage as it may well do brilliant in a kitchen system one day. I actually used to get peed off with you Shane for keeping good stuff for a fortnight and then moving on. I used to think you never really got to understand what it was you had but you know something, it doesn't matter does it as you had fun at the time and I'm the opposite as I bond with my stuff and am going to find it difficult to sell on the bits I no longer need or have use for
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