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In Reply to: 10-15 for main system(Maggie) approx 20-30 more for car and Ipod listening at work. posted by Brendan on November 3, 2006 at 09:23:15:
Brendan I agree wholeheartedly with you regarding the benefits of greater availability. That is a great thing for the artists. What I have a hard time accepting is the tangential fallout- the relaxing of standards leading to the slacking demand for new gear, the epidemic of "settling" that seems to be happening more and more these days. Too many seem to just blindly and sheepishly allow the "Body Snatcher" invasion of marketing-driven substitution of what passes for "hifi" these days, with huge swaths of audiophile gear slowly being replaced with rice-grain-sized surface mount chip amps and one-box "home-theater solutions". Digital this and bluetooth that. Feh! Unfortunately all of this takes time- research, education, ear-training, shopping...and wading through the hype- and a measure of dedication to the end result- achieving really engaging and realistic sound reproduction. Time and effort that many seem to be unable or unwilling to invest. Too many people just settling. And altogether too many may never have been exposed to great-sounding gear to know exactly what they are missing!!!Whatever happened to flea market finds? Ebay and Audiogon are filled to the gills with reasonable and great-sounding affordable gear. How about a Fisher 500C and an old pair of Large Advents? Or a homegrown full-range driver monitor with a flea-power DIY tube amp? $200 for a nice clean, used Thorens and a few dozen "dollar LP's" from the local CD store cutout bin? $100 for a nice used DAC to punch-up a tired CD player? The list goes on endlessly, with completely satisfying sound coming from acres of classic used gear, and (thankfully still) a few current manufacturers with heart and vision, instead of gobs of "platinum-tinted, polycarbonate housing, digital sound reproduction structures" Ugh! I just don't want my freedom to choose curtailed because so many can't be bothered to investigate just what they're truly missing with most of this soul-less gear.
It usually just takes 3 tracks, and few minutes in front of my Quads- Dire Straits "Love Over Gold", Miles' "So What" from "Kind of Blue" and the Dusty Springfield "The Look of Love" track from the "Casino Royale" soundtrack to make a large, lasting impact on what great sound really is. Instead of picking a "cardboard box system" after a 2 minute walk down the Big Box/ Great Buy boombox aisle! If too many settle for the monstrous volume of down-rezzed pablum and plastic marketing, there might not be enough of us left to support the hard work of those producing truly great-sounding gear at a fair price. Thus endeth the rant.
"Does anyone remember laughter?" ;-)
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