Shiny brand new second hand things in my system today V1.2

[Bullinachinashop]

This is more of a cry for help than an exciting system unveil… I rediscovered hifi last year and it’s escalated fast, with some compulsive stock-piling to compare different technologies/applications. I’ve just counted 25 components in total stashed in various locations…is this normal?!

I’m surprised how marginal the differences can be, as was the case when I compared these amps side by side. Maybe it’s my ears, though I have now heard some proper systems when purchasing from forum folk and the gains over my system are very obvious.

Anyway, got a turntable upgrade happening on Saturday and then I should start offloading some stuff to fund a speaker purchase

[dom]

@Bullinachinashop

is this normal?

No

[crimsondonkey]

@Bullinachinashop

I’ve just counted 25 components in total stashed in various locations

Deep inside the rabbit hole

[TMC]

What speakers are you comparing those with? I’d expect quite a difference between some of those amps.

[J_B]

You are Tuff Bob and I claim my £5

[Stepmotheratomicbomb]

One thing I learned from people on here, is get the speakers right and the rest will follow.

And your room …understand how it works

The kit will deplete once that’s understood

The second thing is ignore most people here

[Mrs_Maureen_OPinion]

Says man who changes his gear more often than I change my undercrackers.

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@Bullinachinashop

…is this normal?!

Almost everyone on here has been through this hoarding phase, some have never left it but are in denial, so in this limited context, yes.

Eventually, most of us learn to stop kidding ourselves that hifi ‘bargains’ will scratch the itch, and instead get more focussed and concentrate the cash in more capable, more considered systems.

Transducers rule: speakers first, then front-end.

[MrKettle]

@Stepmotheratomicbomb

The second thing is ignore most people here

Unless they are laughing at Tannoys.

[coco]

@Mrs_Maureen_OPinion

Says man who changes his gear more often than I change my undercrackers.

Not a high bar.

[hermit]

[Ruprecht]

I see valve rolling and horns, a Japanese man wants to tell you to stop nobbing about. Is there a Japanese man in your past?

[MVAgusta]

How many boxes constitutes hoarder status
asking for a friend

[stu]

Have cut the box count down to a minimum.
Just after a 1200 or 1210 deck,then I’m done…. For now

[Bullinachinashop]

@TMC

What speakers are you comparing those with? I’d expect quite a difference between some of those amps.

Neat Motive 2s. I could hear differences but just not as stark as I expected. The Acurus is the only one I’ll keep for now though

[Stepmotheratomicbomb]

Sell them all and invest most in your speakers if not all

[crimsondonkey]

@Stepmotheratomicbomb

Sell them all and invest all of it in horns.

Big ones.

[68rednose]

Normal is what is considered normal by a majority of people.
So yes, here it’s normal.

P.S.: ‘big horns’ is a pleonasm.

[Bullinachinashop]

Mrs Bullinachinashop is slowly warming to hifi but still not a fan and the Neats are small enough to get approval.

We’ve just moved and I’ve got challenges with speaker placement and no idea about how to work with the space, so I need to get my head round that before doing much else

Though if some Totem Arros popped up anywhere nearby I’d like to give those a try

[Stepmotheratomicbomb]

@Bullinachinashop

small enough to get approval.

Japanman this is not.

Meatman this is not .

Much to learn

[Mrs_Maureen_OPinion]

@Bullinachinashop

Neat Motive 2s.

There’s your problem.

Had some on loan for a while when they were a recent thing, and I really wanted to like them, but they were crap.

Totem Arros are better, but not by much - “There ain’t no replacement for displacement”…