I like to think that I'm both an audiphile and a music lover. Given the choice, without question I'd opt for number two, and I think you'd have a very hard time finding even the most hard core gear-hound that would make any other choice.
You could make it much more difficult (and the discussion a lot more interesting) with choices like the following: 1) Have a hi-fi system to die for, but only be able to play on it a relatively small selection of, say, 300 musical masterpieces, beautifully recorded and mastered. This might be a real scenario, say 50 years from now when CDs and vinyl are no longer available, and anything manufactured 50 years ago becomes extremely expensive and difficult to find. or 2) Be restricted to a compressed and bandwith limited portable-type player, but able to play pretty much any music ever recorded. Again, this could be a real scenario. Although in 50 years, there may be no reason to compress audio due to storage or bandwidth restrictions, MP3 or its successor may become the standard due to general apathy. Here, I might very well go for #1. I probably don't listen to music so much that I really _need_ more than 300 great recordings to keep me happy. Still, being unable to hear new recordings would be a major drawback. So maybe #2. -- JJZolx Jim ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40553 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
