In Reply to: It's time to open our eyes and close our wallets! posted by Revelation Man on October 3, 2003 at 10:15:14:
...or something like that.This topic has been beaten to death.
Straw Man: the gear-head audiophile who doen't really care about music and just plays "1812 Overature" or "Dark Side" over and over while tweaking his system. (I'm never met any types, and if they exist, well, let them have their fun. Who cares?)
Beating the Dead Horse: live music is better than recorded music.
Yeah, so what? I go to live music a couple of times a month and yes it's the best thing there is. In fact, I'm going to see Randy Weston tonight...I've been looking forward to it all week.
But what's wrong with recorded music? Musicians spent a lot of time and artistic effort to make recorded music. It's their statement, and I'll listen to it. If I'm going to listen to recorded music, then I might as well make the most of it by putting together a system that is within my budget. Tonight's the first time I will have seen Randy Weston, and it may well be the last, but I've got around 10 of his LPs that I can play any time I want, as many times as I want.
Also, as Dave Pogue said, I like to listen to music performed by people who are dead. What would you have me do? All I have are recordings.
Finally, I find it funny that your solution to your dilemma it to get off the high-cost audiophile merry-go-round and get by with a "budget" system that only costs something like $40,000. [$25K TT plus $2K (?) speakers plus $1.5K CD + $2K (?) amp+preamp + $5K Lamm phonostage + ???]. Your phono stage costs more than I paid for my entire system yet I seem to get more out of my system than you do. Maybe my expectations are lower. I don't expect my system to sound like live music, I just enjoy it for what it is.
You sound like some guy saying, "Heck, I don't need this Ferrari, it's overpriced and ostentatious. I think I'll just drive a Porsche 911."
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Follow Ups
- Um, your Straw Man is beating a Dead Horse... - Darryl 08:53:26 10/04/03 (1)
- Re: Um, your Straw Man is beating a Dead Horse... - Revelation Man 09:43:49 10/04/03 (0)