Are you an Audiophille or a Music Lover No.2 ?


To follow up Onhwy61's other post.
Here's another slant which might be a more probing question.
If from today you had the choice to spent your cash on new music and by that I mean only new music,no reissues,only new original music released from 2002 onwards or the choice of spending your cash on upgrading your kit but keeping your music collection as is,what would you choose?
I think for most Audiogoners that may be a more difficult question-remember you can keep your entire music collection and upgrade to infinity or be stuck with your system as is but be free only to buy new music.
Tougher?
ben_campbell
I could flip a coin and live with either outcome, but if pressed I would go for new music over future upgrades. I am fortunate in that I already have a high quality system and a reasonably large music collection. I really could go either way.
Assuming my system doesnt break, the music is the way to go. If you never try anything better you can be happy and the system is only an instrement for the music not an end.
I'll take the music. Imagine saying you can only listen to music that's more than 20 years old today - that's where somebody would get who opted for the system. For some, that wouldn't be a problem. For me, I'd feel like I had partially died.

The other question would have been a lot harder if it had been a sliding scale of some sort - I could easily do with 2000 CDs instead of 10000, but the boombox would necessarily limit my enjoyment to the point that it would diminish how much time and energy I put into it. However, a couple thousand CDs with a modest budget (say $1000-1500) and I could say my enjoyment wouldn't be diminished much at all. -Kirk