Patrick Dixon Wrote: > Some people amaze me! If you have a very small collection of 100 CDs, > you've probably spent in excess of $1000 just to purchase them, yet > you begrudge $500 on the equipment to listen to what's on them! And > if you cheapskate on the quality of the equipment you are probably > only hearing half the music anyway; so you're chucking away $500 of > what you've already spent. > > Where's the sense in that?
With apologies to Patrick - this occurred to me and it amused me in an idle moment, it's not meant to be critical :) <tongue-in-cheek> > Some people amaze me! If you have a reasonable audiophile system > you've probably spent in excess of $20,000 just to purchase it, yet > you could get fantastic sound from a $500 PC and a $200 squeeze box > and a $300 amp and pair of bookshelf speakers. With the $19,000 saved you could > explore 1,900 new CDS, build a Jazz collection, try out some hip hop and garage, > get a decent set of Motown recordings, beef up and extend your AOR section, > and get started on exploring some classical composers! > And if you cheapskate on the range of music you listen to you are probably > cutting yourself from a medium that represents nations, religions, cultures, > and sub-cultures, long-lasting and transient. And your highly revealing hi-fi > is only revealing a tiny part of the music out there. > > Where's the sense in that? </tongue-in-cheek> Malcolm PS If I had the money I'd probably be upgrading my SB2 . . . -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.16/83 - Release Date: 26/08/2005 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
