The audio hobby is a terrible financial decision.

[RayDunzl]

Have not seen a Soaring post in awhile.

I haven't stopped... There are some videos here https://www.youtube.com/@raydunzl2025

 

[PristineSound]

The stock market is worse.

I am not sure if that is sarcasm or something else.

But just in case it wasn't sarcasm, here are data points.

The S&P500 index since 1928

Here is an excellent video on ". . .investing is a problem that is solved." Not that I am saying nor ever have said or implying that a hobby should be treated as a financial investment.

 

[RayDunzl]

The stock market is worse.

Your mileage will vary.

It's been good to me.

Local Electric Stock Dividend pays the Electric Bill (and its price rise has more than paid all my Audio Expenses ever) for example.

 

[Paul7777x]

Ahh… Germany…

 

[Paul7777x]

Ahh… Germany…

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Completely wrong thread… but it’s certainly cheery, so why not?

 

[PristineSound]

Completely wrong thread… but it’s certainly cheery, so why not?

I would say it's the right thread and for every thread every where.

 

[Paul7777x]

I would it's the right thread and for every thread every where.

Yeh… it reminds me of a student summer.

The memories are minuscule. Alas.

Young. And beer. And girls. And young.

The girls provide the memories; the beer the minusculeness of them.

 

[Oddball]

I thought it was purposely. The picture illustrates that certain "hobbies" might be ever worst financial decisions that audio. Don't ask how could I know of that

 

[PristineSound]

I thought it purposely. The picture illustrates that certain "hobbies" might be ever worst financial decisions that audio. Don't ask how could I know of that

Well, it depends. If in that certain hobby you find yourself an sugar momma, then it's the best return in investment

 

[ElJaimito]

There was an old audio cartoon of a guy sitting in a prison cell saying:

"Quad. Those were the days. You could steal four speakers from any apartment."

Good one. But my Quads were Acoustical Worth a fortune nowadays... if they hadn't been nicked that is.

 

[JeffS7444]

Ahh… Germany…

Germany in Colorado's Rocky Mountains

 

[Paul7777x]

What makes you think it’s Colorado?

Looks very Bavarian Alps to me. Though I am and was, influenced by the foreground.

 

[PristineSound]

What makes you think it’s Colorado?

Looks very Bavarian Alps to me. Though I am and was, influenced by the foreground.

I would like to know who saw that picture and actually paid any attention to the background.

 

[JustAnandaDourEyedDude]

Ahh… Germany…

Investing in that bar just might make you a beer guzzleionaire.

 

[JeffS7444]

What makes you think it’s Colorado?

Because I know that particular area pretty well.
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.0000898,-105.2857801,3a,75y,216.55h,97.6t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m5!1sELnjGaUS5ivdzjzUGFKUbA!2e0!6shttps://streetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com/v1/thumbnail?cb_client=maps_sv.tactile&w=900&h=600&pitch=-7.599999999999994&panoid=ELnjGaUS5ivdzjzUGFKUbA&yaw=216.55!7i16384!8i8192!4b1?
The women look like any number of college students in the area, though they're more commonly clad in Patagonia or similar, rather than dirndl.

My understanding is, in the past, the route to the higher mountain towns was known as "The Switzerland Trail".

 

[Mr. Swordfish]

I would like to know who saw that picture and actually paid any attention to the background.

There's something in the picture other than mountains and beer?

 

[Torin Krell]

The one (and only) “vinyl” I went through the trouble of transferring to digital with nothing but happiness and joy over the time spent and final outcome is the Leo Kottke album, “Circle ‘Round the Sun.” Out of print and one I rarely played because of my desire to preserve it.

Before consumer digital recording was common I used to record all my records the second time I played them with a high end cassette deck and top quality cassette tape. For casual listening I would use the recorded cassettes. However for critical listening I would go back to the vinyl record. This preserved the record better for critical listening (with special care) while letting my friends and I handle the cassettes casually without issues. Now however I just stream with Tidal.

 

[Torin Krell]

My grandmother had clear vinyl covers on her living room furniture.

So did mine!

 

[PristineSound]

There's something in the picture other than mountains and beer?

I only saw the beer

 

[Torin Krell]

To move back in the direction of the OP topic my acquisition of a few vintage "silver face era" receivers and several vintage analog synthesizers (Moog, Roland, Sequential, Korg) over 10 years ago certainly was a great investment - although I did not realize just how great until recently, when I finally sold them at over 10x their original acquisition price.