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In Reply to: I've changed my views on this posted by Frihed89 on March 2, 2006 at 00:45:26:
Your "rules" remind me of an old episode of the Andy Griffith show where Buddy Ebsen guest starred as a lazy hobo who's maxim was "Tomorrow is the most wonderful day of them all. There's nothing a man can't do.... tomorrow." To paraphrase to your thinking - "There's no stereo gear a man can't love tomorrow."On the show Buddy was a terrible influence on Opie and he was eventually told to "hit the pike". I can't see your plan working any better.
I think your idea would be appropriate for people who care more about the gear than they do music, but otherwise I could not agree less. It's like saying "Why marry the girl you love? Keep tasting every new one that comes along..." Well OK, fair enough, that sounds like sailor talk.... but it's never going to make for a happy home.
I agree that initially one needs to try the field. As I said in my post I think speakers are the most important because they are the one thing in the system actually "speaking" to you, they are the things you "marry". Find ones you love and then LIVE with them. If people have an incessant need to keep auditioning gear at that point it clearly means they have a bigger problem, not unlike a man who can't remain faithful to his wife. Sadly they are driven by something else entirely and will never find happiness because "permanency" is something that does not bring them happiness.
So they'll have a fling with the audio flavour of the month and then be completely miserable until the next fling, which will not be far from coming. They become great sources in our hobby to buy used gear from, but I wouldn't want to be one of them. Most who are like this are because they are simply like that, however constantly doubting ones own ears and listening too much to others talk about "the next big thing" can drive a happy man to this ruin.
It's all about the music...
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Follow Ups
- Are you serious? - Peter Gunn 06:19:33 03/02/06 (3)
- Re: Are you serious? - Frihed89 10:53:57 03/02/06 (0)
- I like your marrying analogy... - tcell 07:27:25 03/02/06 (1)
- Re: I like your marrying analogy... - Peter Gunn 08:42:01 03/02/06 (0)
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