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In Reply to: Turning in My Audiophile Badge posted by AudioDwebe on January 12, 2011 at 08:56:44:
Just moderate your demands.
You can have very good sound for not a lot of money, you just can't have a lot of it.
Someone said that. Who was it? Oh, yes, me.
We have been living in an era of wretched excess, with outrageous income disparities and rampant greed. It's worldwide and far worse in some places (like Russia) than here. I believe the sainted (someday) Pope Benedict has had a few words to say about this matter.
It's reflected in overbuilt, overpriced, and overhyped hi-fi gear, among many other consumer gadgets and gewgaws. We don't consume them; they consume us. I am convinced that my late friends Lars and Dr. Gizmo went to early graves because of excessive and obsessive involvement with hi-fi; in precisely the same way: each stepped off a plane and croaked from a coronary.
As F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote, "The victor belongs to the spoils."
But you don't have to go along with it: the hyperconsumption, that is. You will be happier if you don't. Healthier, too, probably.
It sounds like you're on the right path.
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Follow Ups
- No need to give it all up. - samtellig 10:35:02 01/12/11 (3)
- RE: No need to give it all up. - AudioDwebe 13:18:40 01/12/11 (0)
- Nice post, good thoughts. - free.ranger 10:52:26 01/12/11 (1)
- RE: Nice post, good thoughts. - RC Daniel 15:10:08 01/12/11 (0)
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