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I can't even justify to myself the money I spend on this hobby, let's not even start thinking of justifying it to others lol
I feel the same way about other people's interests and hobbies too, watches are one example that baffles me. I've never understood why people spend thousands on watches when all they do is tell time. It's not like one watch is going to tell you the time better than another watch will, but if that brings you pleasure and enjoyment then by all means go for it. I just don't quite understand the disdain you get when people ask how much your gear costs - I think it's honestly people just don't understand it. Nobody ever asks why you spent so much on your car for example, anyways enough with my rant - thanks for the cost breakdown too Mulder, helps me justify my impending HE-1000 purchase a little more - If I just get lunch out one time less a week for a few years that will should about cover it
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Yeah, to be honest I never had any intentions of buying an Abyss at any point in my life due to it's price tag, but I did. I look at it like this:
I never keep anything forever and I will eventually sell them for whatever reason in years to come. I plan on keeping them for quite a while, but let's just say I move them on after 4 years. Generally speaking, hifi gear sells for around half it's cost second hand -- Probably worst case scenario in this case because as far as I know, there hasn't been any second hand Abyss sold in Australia so they will likely hold their value quite well, but for the sake of speaking generally, we'll say half. So over 4 years they've cost me $3000 to own - which is $14.42 a week. I spend more than that every day on buying my lunch at work. That's also less than a pack of cigarettes, less than a price of a couple of drinks when you go out etc. etc. you get the idea - I'm just saying I spend $15 every week on stupider stuff.
The other thing that annoys me is that people don't see money wastage on other stuff just because it's more common. As an example, I know someone who bought a second hand Toyota Landcruiser Sahara. The model that he got is $100k new. He bought it for $70k one year later with 30,000km on the clock. That car just cost the first owner $600 a week to own in loss of capital alone, not including probably at least another $100-$200 a week in fuel, services other running costs etc. But nobody says 'what are you wasting your money on a nice car for', they just say 'nice car'. Even thought it cost literally 50 times the amount it costs me to own an Abyss, but apparently I am the crazy one for wasting so much money.
Another is jewelry, you can buy any gemstone you like that looks identical to a precious stone, the only thing you're paying for is exclusivity and bragging rights. Yet the first thing a woman says when she shows another woman a nice diamond ring is "Is it real?" and if it is, they are extremely impressed by the exorbitant amount of money you must have spent on it unnecessarily.
Unfortunately 99.99% of people don't share my perspective. They just see that when they go to a CD shop that the 8 headphones they have on display range from $29-$249 and that I spent $6000 on mine.
I dream about an Lampizator Generation 5 Level 5 + Eddie Current Balancing Act (cinemag output transformer) + Hifiman HE1000
I dream about an Lampizator Generation 5 Level 5 + Eddie Current Balancing Act (cinemag output transformer) + Hifiman HE1000