Losing my mind...

VR3
VR3 Posts: 28,641
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Not sure why I got back into audio.. just diving so far down the rabbit hole...

-.-
- Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • codycatalist
    codycatalist Posts: 2,662
    VR3 wrote: »
    Not sure why I got back into audio.. just diving so far down the rabbit hole...

    -.-

    To answer your question...you know why. ;)

    THANKFULLY I haven't spent too much money in my pursuit. I have put probably a total of $700 into my SDA2Bs (initial cost, tweeter and crossover upgrades), my system total is sitting around $935. That is taking into account upgraded cables, amp, preamp, rekkid player, rekkids and speakers.

    Just a dude doing dude-ly things

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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,441
    Famous last words.
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,641
    I really don't have a lot of money in my gear as I have been accumulating/flipping/scrounging for the past 2 years...

    I just... said I would keep it simple... but there is no such thing as simple in the pursuit of quality music reproduction...….
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,151
    Are you itching for something else?

    Is there a sweet deal in your area?
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,801
    see you on the way on down...

    24377365673_00c0cd649a_b.jpg013 by Mark Hardy, on Flickr
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    Mark do you have someone picked out to get rid of all of it when you go? If left up to your significant other it will just go to a dump.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,801
    I reckon some of it will do just that -- I have been tasked to identify any stuff that's truly valuable... gotta get around to that some time...

    I am actually getting tired of navigating around some of it. Fortunately, there are lots of regional (northern New England) opportunities to offload junk like this, e.g., the Flea at MIT, NEARC, NEAR-Fest, etc. :)
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,151
    edited August 2018
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    see you on the way on down...

    24377365673_00c0cd649a_b.jpg013 by Mark Hardy, on Flickr


    If I had that big of a room, I'd still own all the great speakers I've sold and probably the Maggies would be here also. :pB)

    I can tell you know a great receiver, amp or whatever when you see one. Your speaker heard is a little thin though.

    I sold a ton of stuff over the years but I lost my record book that documented it all.

    I was going to take pictures of the pages and post them here on the forum. But I guess it's long gone. I think I lent it to a buyer to look at, to see when and what he's bought over 10 years or so.

    I think he probably lost it. I need to call him right now. no answer. But he's OK. He'll call me back.
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • verb
    verb Posts: 10,176
    cfrizz wrote: »
    Mark do you have someone picked out to get rid of all of it when you go? If left up to your significant other it will just go to a dump.

    I am self nominating myself as a stand in for professor’s significant other! I guarantee none of the stuff will ever return to the dump! :smile:
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,441
    cfrizz wrote: »
    Mark do you have someone picked out to get rid of all of it when you go? If left up to your significant other it will just go to a dump.

    I know after his death I'm hanging out at his town dump as he calls it.... o:)o:)o:)
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  • mlistens03
    mlistens03 Posts: 2,767
    pitdogg2 wrote: »
    cfrizz wrote: »
    Mark do you have someone picked out to get rid of all of it when you go? If left up to your significant other it will just go to a dump.

    I know after his death I'm hanging out at his town dump as he calls it.... o:)o:)o:)

    Agreed. Doc, can you give us the address? :wink::lol:
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,151
    edited August 2018
    semi-Quote from around an hour ago...

    I think he ( an old friend who's bought a lot of stuff from me ) probably lost it. I need to call him right now. no answer. But he's OK. He'll call me back.

    He called me within a 1/2 hour. He remembered me offering it to him to look through a few months ago. He said he didn't want to take the valuable ( :) ) history of my sales and declined. I must have brought it into my house for some reason and had it on the dining room table

    Well...my wife heard me talking to him about it. She suggested a place to look. I said maybe...

    She then asked if I looked in this small Tupperware storage container sitting in a dining room chair. I said I think so. She opened it up and quickly pulled the note pad out.

    Is this what you're looking for?

    YES!

    I thought it was lost forever! She had cleaned up the dining table a few months ago and put a few things into that container. She saves paper stuff. I save everything else. :)

    She's been doing that to me for almost 30 years . :s

    I thought it was 15 years of sales, it's only 9 years of sales and I didn't record any for 2017 or any this year either. It's been rough and lately, I didn't have this note pad and didn't write things down ( there wasn't much anyway) when I did make a sale.
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,641
    All I will divulge 7urxqgokxcrn.jpg

    Until I pick it up
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,151
    edited August 2018
    Ody...y....Interesting. :)
    Home Theater amp?
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    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • erniejade
    erniejade Posts: 6,321
    VR3 wrote: »
    All I will divulge 7urxqgokxcrn.jpg

    Until I pick it up


    Isn't that their new soundbar?

    :p
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,641
    This is a unique one, excited to hear it
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,283
    mlistens03 wrote: »
    pitdogg2 wrote: »
    cfrizz wrote: »
    Mark do you have someone picked out to get rid of all of it when you go? If left up to your significant other it will just go to a dump.

    I know after his death I'm hanging out at his town dump as he calls it.... o:)o:)o:)

    Agreed. Doc, can you give us the address? :wink::lol:

    Can't be hard to find that fine piece of land on google earth ;)
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  • mlistens03
    mlistens03 Posts: 2,767
    txcoastal1 wrote: »
    mlistens03 wrote: »
    pitdogg2 wrote: »
    cfrizz wrote: »
    Mark do you have someone picked out to get rid of all of it when you go? If left up to your significant other it will just go to a dump.

    I know after his death I'm hanging out at his town dump as he calls it.... o:)o:)o:)

    Agreed. Doc, can you give us the address? :wink::lol:

    Can't be hard to find that fine piece of land on google earth ;)

    That’s a rather large area to cover though. It’s somewhere in Northern New England. In theory, he could be North of his friend who lives down the street, and also lives next to the border. In that case, we’ve got all of New England. But what if... uh... hm.. I can’t figure out how to tie this into the whole country. Oh well.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,549
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    see you on the way on down...

    24377365673_00c0cd649a_b.jpg013 by Mark Hardy, on Flickr

    Hoarder
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

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  • msg
    msg Posts: 10,014
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    I reckon some of it will do just that -- I have been tasked to identify any stuff that's truly valuable... gotta get around to that some time...

    I am actually getting tired of navigating around some of it. Fortunately, there are lots of regional (northern New England) opportunities to offload junk like this, e.g., the Flea at MIT, NEARC, NEAR-Fest, etc. :)
    Hey Doc, I have a six-pack of (2S,5S)-2-Propyl-5-hydroxypyridine with your name on it!

    In with 17!
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  • msg
    msg Posts: 10,014
    Hey, pssst, Trey...
    Yeah, ovah heah, in the shadows.
    You ever, uhh... been curious, you know, about rekkids?
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,641
    Hey now... I'm no Jesse, can't give into the dark side
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • Thorton
    Thorton Posts: 1,324
    VR3 wrote: »
    but there is no such thing as simple in the pursuit of quality music reproduction...….

    Great quote!
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,549
    VR3 wrote: »
    Not sure why I got back into audio.. just diving so far down the rabbit hole...

    -.-

    You don’t know how deep a hole can be until you get into vinyl.....ugh!
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • msg
    msg Posts: 10,014
    That one inspires both laughter and agreement.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,962
    F1nut wrote: »
    VR3 wrote: »
    Not sure why I got back into audio.. just diving so far down the rabbit hole...

    -.-

    You don’t know how deep a hole can be until you get into vinyl.....ugh!

    LOL, yep, which is why some of us were a bit surprised at your plunge.
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  • dromunds
    dromunds Posts: 10,009
    Doc should be given a medal for saving all that beautiful gear from a terrible fate at the bottom of a landfill.
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited August 2018
    dromunds wrote: »
    Doc should be given a medal for saving all that beautiful gear from a terrible fate at the bottom of a landfill.

    Only temporarily, it will end up there sooner or later. Someone will call 1-800-GotJunk to come take it all away.
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,641
    edited August 2018
    I don't have alot of stuff...

    But my original intention was to just have a receiver and an amp for my setup but my musical taste does not quite align with the sound quality of a receiver as the pre....
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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