I started a thread a couple of months back about the 'line in the sand' many of us maintain, and it soon became clear that some Head-Fiers would spend any amount of money to satiate their audio desires. While I dont agree with that, I suddenly find myself in a position to do *either* of the following:
1. Buy a new CDP and integrated amp + speakers for my living room and the Lisa RS for my bedside rig. This would give me a 'best of both worlds' bang for my bucks.
2. Go 'all out' and get the HD800/Black Cube Linear/DAC-of-my-choice combination that has sat in 'thats crazy talk' land (in terms of my wallet, anyway) for some months.
The cost of either 'solution' will be in the 4-5K AUD range, and there is still a little voice that says 'that *is* crazy talk, son'
Disregarding my own choices for a moment, would you be willing to just throw caution to the wind and spend the lot on the headphone rig you have continually aspired to ? Its weird to note that 'serious' audio nuts wouldnt blink before dropping twice my budget on a new cartridge, but I can only assume that they have that sort of money to burn. Going into debt for a luxury item like a turntable seems like lunacy to me, but I guess its all about priorities.
We talk the talk a lot on Head-Fi, but how many of us are actually prepared to walk the walk when the funds become available ?
estreeter
1. Buy a new CDP and integrated amp + speakers for my living room and the Lisa RS for my bedside rig. This would give me a 'best of both worlds' bang for my bucks.
2. Go 'all out' and get the HD800/Black Cube Linear/DAC-of-my-choice combination that has sat in 'thats crazy talk' land (in terms of my wallet, anyway) for some months.
The cost of either 'solution' will be in the 4-5K AUD range, and there is still a little voice that says 'that *is* crazy talk, son'
Disregarding my own choices for a moment, would you be willing to just throw caution to the wind and spend the lot on the headphone rig you have continually aspired to ? Its weird to note that 'serious' audio nuts wouldnt blink before dropping twice my budget on a new cartridge, but I can only assume that they have that sort of money to burn. Going into debt for a luxury item like a turntable seems like lunacy to me, but I guess its all about priorities.
We talk the talk a lot on Head-Fi, but how many of us are actually prepared to walk the walk when the funds become available ?
estreeter
I'm just enjoying myself and am not on a quest for the ultimate material experience. Furthermore, I think it's a mistake running oneself financially thin over this sort of stuff. But to each his own, I guess.
