Steve,
It's good to hear that you're actually enjoying the changer. I think that a lot of us are old school. Tubes, vinyl, etc.
-Bill

mdhoover March 14, 2006 21:43

Wwwrecords,
Interesting that you should mention a changer versus a single player. I actually INSISTED on a changer for my system, and have often wondered why they're not more popular. We audiophiles are a fickle bunch, it seems.
-Bill

Footnote: By the way, there's another recent thread where a self-proclaimed newbie asked whether purchasing a 60 dollar pair of Grado headphones would allow him to "claim" audiophile status. I was quite pleased to see that NOBODY (at least as far as I saw), thought that being an audiophile "required" spending big bucks. So, at least the Audiogon members who responded to that thread would seem to have their heads on straight. There were some pretty funny jokes too. Anyway, when I saw that thread, I thought of you, in a good way, i.e. brains trump money, every time.
-Bill

mdhoover February 10, 2006 13:38

THAT is an excellent find! Very nice buy, very nice indeed. Marantz, even. Quite impressive, in my opinion-- especially at 20 bucks.
-Bill

mdhoover February 08, 2006 21:33

Steve,

Hard work pays usually pays off eventually *(see humorous footnote below), as you've so clearly demonstrated. Hopefully, we (audiophile types) all realize that just throwing money at a system without giving it sufficient thought is a ridiculously stupid thing to do, and likely to lead more to frustration than to satisfaction. The land of "audiophilia" is an apt proving ground for the following aphorism: "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is liking what you get." I congratulate you on having achieved both.

Bill

Humorous footnote:

The despair.com website is a great place to indulge in during one's more wryly cynical moments. The following saying from that site was absolutely hilarious, at least to me: "Hard work often pays off after time, but laziness always pays off now."

mdhoover January 07, 2006 11:42

All I can say is that I am EXTREMELY impressed with what you've put together on a budget. You OBVIOUSLY have some real smarts and wisdom to work with and have used them to wonderful effect in assembling your system. Smarts and wisdom cannot be bought and sold: They're PRICELESS! You are an audiophile in the truest and finest sense of the word, in my opinion. Thank you for sharing your bang for the buck TOUR DE FORCE!

mdhoover January 06, 2006 22:03