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Comprise/Sacfrice...?
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<blockquote data-quote="Baseline" data-source="post: 1155380" data-attributes="member: 14307"><p>I assume that is meant to be compromise & sacrifice. Being in South Africa, we are hit with the double whammy of being a small audio market and are thus not flooded with a large number of the best brands and models and secondly, the weak Rand makes premium items very expensive. I think at some point, we all drooled over items that were either scarce or out of our price range. The sad part of it is that when we do eventually get that item we drooled over for many years, it is often a disappointment, probably due to unrealistic expectations and quite often due to poor synergy with the rest of our kit. At any rate, my point is, enjoy what you can afford and have access to. Try to hear higher end systems when available, it may help temper unrealistic expectations and help you to understand that more expensive does not always equate to better sounding. Even when we know better, we still fall into the trap of buying with our eyes instead of with our ears. Most importantly, enjoy the music... after all, that is the whole point of the exercise.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Baseline, post: 1155380, member: 14307"] I assume that is meant to be compromise & sacrifice. Being in South Africa, we are hit with the double whammy of being a small audio market and are thus not flooded with a large number of the best brands and models and secondly, the weak Rand makes premium items very expensive. I think at some point, we all drooled over items that were either scarce or out of our price range. The sad part of it is that when we do eventually get that item we drooled over for many years, it is often a disappointment, probably due to unrealistic expectations and quite often due to poor synergy with the rest of our kit. At any rate, my point is, enjoy what you can afford and have access to. Try to hear higher end systems when available, it may help temper unrealistic expectations and help you to understand that more expensive does not always equate to better sounding. Even when we know better, we still fall into the trap of buying with our eyes instead of with our ears. Most importantly, enjoy the music... after all, that is the whole point of the exercise. [/QUOTE]
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