So, how weird are you??
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We have two acoustic pianos and an old Yamaha Clavinova. The Bohemia upright is currently at my sister-in-law's house but it will be heading back here soon.
I have way too many guitars and I recently went completely insane and bought a very high-end turntable.
It is pre-owned (of course) and during the recent customer appreciation party at the dealer, it called to me and they made me an offer I couldn't refuse. lol
I love it when people with a whole lot more money than I have, trade-in to upgrade to the supposed next best thing, and the depreciation gremlin provides an opening for someone like me.
It is a very noticeable upgrade from my previous "high-end" turntable. And it damn well better be! lol
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Wow. Thats quite a turntable!
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BTW I'm reminded of a friend from PW who used to have two grand pianos, as well as two uprights and at least one digital. And then one day he posted about not being able to turn down a free piano!
(and he's not a piano tech btw)I'll have to ask if he still has all those instruments.
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There was a prominent piano technician, Bill Garlick, who reportedly had a whole collection of pianos at his home in Long island. Heβs probably passed on by now, and I wonder what happens to such collections. And I wonder if other techs collect pianos too.
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I was an audiophile. I bought used (lol). I attempted to build a system. I had chosen and bought the amps. Then life happened. I sold my amps for what I paid. I didn't get to the point of choosing a source or speakers.
This is a close variant of my amps-
Mine had a black not silver face. The silver is distracting. JMHO.
Art.
I kind of wish I had them today although I couldn't do anything with them at the moment but display them (and I'd be good with that) and (the real reason it would have been impossible to keep them) because I led a nomadic life moving back and forth from Hawaii Island to Maui over the better part of 20 years (yes, going where the jobs were, as a person did to be able to live out there) and they weighed a ton. There's no way I could have kept them.
I just learned that Cary made (or makes?) a version of SET with integrated pre-amp. Um, yes, please. Lol.
My current system (and I like it a lot) is sub- $100 monitor speakers I connect to my phone with bluetooth.
It's quite amazing actually. The only problem (and it's kind of a big one in music listening terms) is I don't want them to be anywhere except my bedroom.
So they are on each side of my desk.
I can't face them unless I'm sitting at my desk.
I never sit at my desk to concentrate on music.
I have $99 Grado headphones with the largest ear covers they offer ($$ but highly recommend) if I really want to immerse myself in music listening.
I don't have much of an audiophile quality system (the Grado headphones are an exception) but I get what I want with both the little monitor speakers and the headphones-
a spectrum that is not "weighted". It's even.
This is my overriding criterion.
I couldn't listen to classical music or Delta blues any other way.
Not only that, but anything but an even spectrum makes my ears bleed.
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