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Playstation 1.... An audiophiles dream????

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ChadTower:

What I'd be afraid of is not that the AVR breaks but that the AVR fails in a way that it takes expensive speakers with it.

What is a "failure event"?  If it is what I think it may be, I wonder if that is what happened to my wife, taking a couple of satellites out of action.

The HK I use puts out a lot of hot air even when it's on but not doing more than video routing.

shardian:

--- Quote from: boykster on June 06, 2007, 01:12:43 pm ---
--- Quote from: shardian on June 06, 2007, 12:57:48 pm ---From what I understand of TRUE audiophiles, they don't buy new products - they restore original equipment from the hi-fi days of 20-30 or so years ago.


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Very very true of "2 channel" music guys...and push those numbers back as much as 50 years.  Multi channel audio has turned that on its ear, and most 2 channel guys despise the multi-channel worlds.  There is a new equipment market that specifically targets the 2 channel crowd....look at McIntosh amps and others.

I used to have a pair of Acoustic Research AR3a's.  At one point considered the absolute BEST speakers ever made.  Solid walnut cabinet, 3 way drivers, 15" VERY inefficient woofer, but absolutely wonderful sound.   Couldnt' even use them in the living room near my (then CRT) tv as they weren't magnetically shielded and they did bad things to the picture.....I donated them to a local speaker restoration shop...the old gent running the place was very pleased when he saw what I was bringing him.  I'm sure they've found a nice loving home by now.

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Well if that is the case, then I would reserve the term "audiophile" for the people that are involved in the audio components hobby. I don't think that people who only take the effort to throw down $10,000 without even truly knowing what they are buying should be considered.

I personally have no problems with people who can afford to throw down tons of money on an audio system. Shoot, if I had a million dollar house, I sure wouldn't be putting Wal-mart furniture in it, you know what I mean?

ChadTower:

I wouldn't want a million dollar house.  I'd rather have a good one that suits my needs that is fully paid for and have the freedom of $750,000 earning 10%. 

 ;D

shardian:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on June 06, 2007, 01:35:37 pm ---
I wouldn't want a million dollar house.  I'd rather have a good one that suits my needs that is fully paid for and have the freedom of $750,000 earning 10%. 

 ;D

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That's the thing. The kind of people who own million dollar houses don't look at a million dollars like you and I do. To them, it is the equivalent of us buying a moderate house in the 'burbs.

boykster:
Yep, there are idiots who just throw around $$$ because they can, but to really experience the buying experience of a high end system, go find a good high-end showroom.  Heck, I was at Magnolia AV the other day buying a small sub-woofer to accompany a pair of in-wall speakers in my living room (for house music), and there was a gentleman contemplating purchasing some Martin Logan Summit speakers (MSRP of about $10k) - I purchased a ML Dynamo sub - so we were in the same room.  The guy demoing the ML Summit's had brought his OWN universal disc (SACD CD DVD-A) player and amp, and a plethora of discs to listen to.  The guy that rang me up said that the guy had been there about 10 times over the past 3 weeks, staying for an hour or two each time.

I'm sure most purchases are more impulse buy than that, and heck Mag AV isn't even that "high end" IMHO.  

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