Magic dirt has been tested.but I want to hear more about those magic rocks...
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Magic dirt has been tested.but I want to hear more about those magic rocks...
I am not so cheerful. There are a lot of people with middle range incomes who with some difficulty and sacrifice can afford a nice system, but who are talked into wasting their hard earned money on audiophile electronics that at best do not mess up the sound quality. I am thinking of valve amplifiers and turntables in particular,
I tried reading hydrogenaudio for quite a while, but when I kept reading from members (like Arny...who I actually liked and admired) going on about how ludicrous it was that tube amps even still existed and were manufactured I was like "yeah, no...not really going along with that, thanks." I like having choices. Even if it's the choice to be frivolous or indulge something that makes me subjectively happy.
When I listen to music I put the system out of mind. I can do this because I am comfortable with my gear choices.
I think that the key is to focus on the music. Audio equipment is a tool, a tool which can look great and be very attractive in its own way but nevertheless just a tool. Once you realise that you are listening through the equipment, not listening to it, then I think it becomes much easier to get comfortable with whatever you have and to stop chasing rainbows. If you stop looking for marginal differences in audio equipment it is amazing just how you can enjoy music on very modest equipment. Yes, good, well set up speakers increase the enjoyment but that doesn't necessarily have to cost much. There are plenty of pretty affordable and very good active speakers or passive speakers that work well with a pretty cheap amp. And these days wireless speakers and soundbars can perform very well. I fully understand why people enjoy high end gear and sometimes I do have the urge to replace my old Sony ES set up with something nice (it won't last forever, although when it goes to the hifi lounge in the sky I think it will be replaced by system speakers) but you really don't need to spend much to enjoy music without feeling that equipment is getting in the way.
I recently moved to where I finally have a number of discrete listening areas, and have really been pleasantly...validated maybe rather than surprised...at how good it all sounds as I get them set up. Any of it used is pretty cheap...
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All of it just fills more of my house with great music.
It's been a similarly long time since I thought "I need a car with more power" - but that doesn't stop me shopping for my next sports car either.
I liked the M3 quite a bit - very similar power/feel to the RC F I have now. It's just that both could use a little more IMO. Either that or lose ~500lbs... but then my wife would have to sit on the floor - and that's not going to go over well at all.I haven't thought that since I got the M3... Now, I just need a truck with more torque!
I liked the M3 quite a bit - very similar power/feel to the RC F I have now. It's just that both could use a little more IMO. Either that or lose ~500lbs... but then my wife would have to sit on the floor - and that's not going to go over well at all.
Probably cause me to lose a lot more than that. With watts and HP I think a simple rule of thumb is: "stop just short of explosive".Yes, that may cause her to lose her sense of humor.
I suppose you are right...you can't really have too many watts or too much HP.
True!And much less likely to be open to objective analysis to prove it one way or another.
Horses for courses, I'm always promising myself that I'll buy a Mazda MX5 because it is relatively cheap and you can have great fun on regular roads without being on a trip to lose your license very quickly. I find most performance cars these days have so much power and are set up for such extreme performance that on regular roads at legal speeds they just feel a bit boring as they never get out of a metaphorical first gear. That said, I appreciate our family barge with just wafts along serenely in splendid isolation and does a reasonable job of making driving on our motorways and A roads sort of tolerable.
Not that opposite - both pretty vintageI have gone for the two extremes - a Morgan and a Bristol.
Not that opposite - both pretty vintage
Care to post a pic of the Bristol? (I just like looking at Bristols, so to speak... )True , but one is very light and nimble, and has about an inch of suspension travel (half of which is chassis flexing), whereas the other is somewhat more gentleman-ish (in a pretty brutal way - it has a 5.7 l V8 with a turbo), and more suited for long motorway trips.