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Posted by Bromo33333 (A) on July 30, 2015 at 12:08:40

In Reply to: The Allure Of The Score Versus The Love Of The Hobby posted by X-2000R on October 25, 2014 at 15:00:47:

Chalked it up with a "TL;DR"

But this little sentance stuck out:

"What role do scores, bargains, and discounts play into the vintage audio hobby?"

It is probably mostly nostalgia.

I have a 30 year old PreAmp/Amp pair of Adcoms that work great. My now wife owned them (gf at the time). She used to own a pair of Bose 901's that were powered by them.

Given our main (non vintage) stereo is taken care of, we thought it would be fun to get a new pair of Bose 901's and set them up in our back room.

And yes, it was fun. And be both had forgotten how much fun those driect/reflect speakers were for having a larger-than-life soundstage, and nothing quite reproduced the size and scope of stadium rock like those speakers when pwoered adequately.

Long story for: Nostaligia mostly. We certainly weren't trying to save money.

Now I cut my audio teeth on Klipsch speakers and love that forward sound for rock. Might dive in there at some point. Heresys ... or ... Cornwall.
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Topic - The Allure Of The Score Versus The Love Of The Hobby - X-2000R 15:00:47 10/25/14 (16)

RE: The Allure Of The Score Versus The Love Of The Hobby - Old nuff 2 no better 08:04:52 08/02/15 (0)

RE: Is it "The item you bought? Or the discount?" - genungo 07:45:34 08/02/15 (0)

I almost ... - Bromo33333 12:08:40 07/30/15 (2)

RE: I almost ... - KG4NEL 23:24:59 08/01/15 (1)

+1 (nt) - Bromo33333 14:12:21 08/03/15 (0)

RE: The Allure Of The Score Versus The Love Of The Hobby - 6bq5 16:43:32 07/29/15 (0)

RE: The Allure Of The Score Versus The Love Of The Hobby - JaroTheWise 15:17:51 07/29/15 (0)

why restrict the question to vintage audio?? it is about the hunt, and the social contact... - Tom Schuman 02:07:14 10/28/14 (0)

RE: Paragraph #6 gives away your prejudice, I'm afraid [n.t.a.] - wangmr 04:29:41 10/27/14 (0)

A1, without a doubt... - rlw 16:58:12 10/26/14 (0)

RE: The Allure Of The Score Versus The Love Of The Hobby - X-2000R 09:52:49 10/26/14 (5)

RE: The Allure Of The Score Versus The Love Of The Hobby - Hi-Fi Hokie 11:45:11 10/27/14 (0)

RE: The Allure Of The Score Versus The Love Of The Hobby - ornery 10:20:04 10/26/14 (3)

RE: The Allure Of The Score Versus The Love Of The Hobby - X-2000R 14:43:17 10/26/14 (2)

RE: The Allure Of The Score Versus The Love Of The Hobby - ornery 19:08:05 10/26/14 (0)

RE: The Allure Of The Score Versus The Love Of The Hobby - Dave Pogue 16:03:51 10/26/14 (0)

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I almost ... - Bromo33333 12:08:40 07/30/15 (2)

RE: I almost ... - KG4NEL 23:24:59 08/01/15 (1)

+1 (nt) - Bromo33333 14:12:21 08/03/15 (0)

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