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A rant
I've been an audiophile since my teens, took Tube Amplifier design as a Sat. am enrichment course in high school in the 60's. I'm 65, approaching retirement, am selling my big rig (($20K list, now cheap by today's standards) as I have better things to spend my dwindling funds on, like budgeting for colostomy bags etc.
My hearing is shot from 4KHz up.
Just as we all want the Vintage car that was on the road when we were 10 years old (think about it), I'm going back to my (affordable) roots. Dyna Mk III's, Cornwalls, and a 4 TB hard drive full of WAV files. Lots of room to experiment with little tiny amps etc, may do the Cornscala thing someday.
The industry has left me behind, with $20K copies of designs out of the RCA handbook, and speakers made out of Unobtanium that still don't sound like a real piano. Cartridges that could be picked up for $300 are now hand made for $3K.
I drive a Subaru, but my other car is a perfect '99 Porsche cabrio.
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At 62, not much aging effects yet. Memory is ok, but like same when younger- it takes a little effort now. Still flexible & zero pain anywhere in my body like in my 40s. No prescription drugs needed. Hearing good to 12K (can hear 14K), have 20/20 vision, etc. Still chase younger women & stay out on late nights in Manhattan, NY. I'll just abruptly drop dead some day instead of aging gracefully.
I quite see your point of view, Loads of audiophile designer looks, but no real progress. I still have my main rig and all but the speakers (Ted Jordan JX92S) single full range units, goes straight back to the 60s and 70s. Can I suggest for that hard drive full of music you look at a free download called a Vortexbox and couple it with a Squeezebox Touch. That's what I've done and it gives me access to 128Gb of music for my garage rig (HK910 & B&W 70s speakers.)
Use the cost effective useful new technology to gain easier access to your music on the quality old rigs. Screw the designer audiophile rip off boys they are just peddling designer bullshit with no substance. (BTW if you need some help setting this up I will gladly guide you.)
Enjoy the music.
Dave
Wait for the 2013 WRX!!!
Hi Guys,
I'm 74. No bags; but other things have crept up on me. My college EE courses were all about tubes. Someone asked if we were going to study transistors and the prof said: "if we have some time at the end of the semester, we can spend a week on them; but they have a lot of problems, and I don't think they'll amount to much". He thought the Nuvistor was the future.
Anyhow, I can still hear fairly well. Cut off is something over 13 kHz, so I still have a hobby. I pretty well gave up on tube gear about 30 years ago.
Piano recordings sounding like pianos? What a radical idea. Soon you'll be wanting violins to sound like violins, and voices to sound like real people. Well, yes! But I grew up with the concept of high fidelity - accuracy! I really don't want my system to editorialize -- well, except maybe a little extra bass.
No, I have no interest in cars from when I was 10. That was 1948. But, I'd gladly settle for a 1965 Alfa Romeo Veloce Spider, or a 1964 Porsche Super 90 coupe, or a Ferrari Berlinetta 250GT SWB - my fantasy car.
Jerry
I empathize. I too have a bag and supplies are not inexpensive. The Dr. thinks after other procedures it will be reversed. I'm 64 and also grew up on tubes and am going through downsizing but decided to get out of tubes. I'm getting close to settling on my Klipsch HIIs. My 20 watt Sherwood S9500c sings well with them.
Love you car choice, the Subaru not the Porsche. One of only 2 new cars I ever bought was a '72 Subbie and loved it.
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