Interesting stuff, thanks for sharing your experiences. In times past I too was keen to upgrade my kit, never got beyond a Cambridge CD player, Arcam Alfa amp and Linn Stone, speakers, My Bro in law had a pair of Linn Isobarik with a valve pre-amp and of course a Linn plater of sorts with all the attendant then top end kit... He same age as myself bought an LP every weekend from age 14, and when CD`s came along he was buying up all the LP`s almost by the box load for not much money, thus ended up with a loft full of vinyl, though the Isobarik`s were the thing that really impressed given the amount of air they are bound to shift when a big base not comes into play...?
For at least seven years now I have forgotten what the sound of silence might be, having spent way too much time in close company with aircraft, two smoke race m/cycles and cars of all sorts, not forgetting my noisy old Morgan... Though just put that down to a life well lived, and enjoyed tinnitus is no big deal compared to that which many baby boomers have to live with.. On the plus side I have no thoughts of spending lumps of cash on Hi Fi..
