RE: "compitition stereo" and alfisti vs. audiophiles

["Sedon, Doug (OD/ORS)" <sedond@domain.elided>]

hi jorge,

as don knows, i'm also into audio-n-analog.  no tunes in my cars, tho!  :>)  my
rig (don't like planers, don; & tubes are fine for the midrange up, but i can't
be bothered!)  includes meret monitors, vmps subs, adcom amps for the subs,
electrocompaniet amps for the monitors (wery tube-like!), marchand x-over, linn
pre-amp, onix tuner, nad/z-man (w/mullard tube!) cd, c&j walker (highly
modified) 'table, and a cool jvc ambisonics-type audio-only surround set-up
w/radio-shack/linnaeum surrounds.  oh yeah, got a thiel speakers/audio
innovations integrated set-up in the kitchen, fed off the linnie.  wires (hoses,
alfa-bill?) are mostly tara labs.

the *retail* walue of all this stuff is >$35k, but cheapskate that i am, careful
used/close-out shopping has resulted in a total expenditure of <$13k.  :>)
money spent over many years.  oh yeah, forgot about the audio vois
integrated/spectrum speakers/revox tuner *alarm-clock* in the bedroom!  

when i win the lottery, i'll splurge on a pair of jadis eurythmies or avantgarde
acoustics speakers, & i'll drive 'em w/ludicrously expensive
single-digit-wattage single-ended-triode amps...  and my daily-driver ferrari
360 *won't* have a radio!  :>)

ciao for now,

dug seed in

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