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Hey at one time.... (but in hindsight)

I had 5 borrowed components at my home at one time and at another time I had 8 different interconnects.

Yea I've rebuilt 1 and build another new system since 1999.

I listened to more than 20 CDPs over a 12 month period trying to find one that I liked.

One hundred might be high. Yea I've had more than 20 pairs of interconnects/cables over here and more than 20 CDPs. But I can only think of about 5 pairs of speakers, 10 amps/integrateds and a phono section. Just in the last 5 years.

But no matter what thats 60+ in home demos through local dealers.

No I'm not a gear head - a relatively small % of the time I listen is evaluation audio. And for sure I bought (ie. kept) less than 10% of what I in home demoed.

And in all honesty, as far as building great audio systems goes, I think my efforts are really only enough to guarantee me something that's good. If someone wants the "best" or close to the best they gotta put out alot more effort than me.

Do I think the average audiophile could build a great system without the help of local dealers - not unless he's fantastically lucky. A good system? Not unless he is real lucky. An average system? Sure with a bit of luck.


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