The suckiness of downgrading before upgrading (long). (1 Viewer)

[ColinM]

No really...

 

[Ryan Peddle]

Colin, your know what man...I'm sorry, and I simpathize. My wording of the title really does not state what I am trying to get across.

My major point is, is that I am in the mindset to want to upgrade. I am a recent college graduate who luckily got a decent job and actually should have the funds to make some upgrades. But life throws you curves.

So at a time in my life that I am interest in upgrading, because of these curves, I am unable to.

Then my already satisfying receiver breaks and now, instead of being able to upgrade, I have to downgrade.

I'm more than sure that I will be happy with this new receiver "as a replacment". But my hunger is still there.

 

[ColinM]

By all means, man, do it. Really - you have to do things like that. Nirvana is different to all of us, and it's a moving target always.

Like bikes (bicycle) - I started with BMX, got a decent roadie, MTB, hi-buck roadie, tons of money. Worried all the time about little details, new gadgets...

What do I ride now? Nice, mid to top of the line vintage 80's. Why? Diminishing returns, fulfillment of the fundamental need.

Lance wannabes snicker, but I don't race, I ride for the fun of it. Some cyclists might nod in understanding.

Now, with HT, I did the seperates. Not the latest and greatest, but respectable nonetheless. What do I have now? Like Philip, a dated middlin AVR and I'm just happy with it. I do have pre-outs in case I try heavy speaker loads, but that's more for my 2-channel. That's where my Nirvana lies, I just know it. Thank god I'm finding it for under $500.

Sorry for being an ass earlier. Just don't get depressed when you look at the rack and don't see a Theta or Proceed sitting there. Close your eyes and listen or watch the flick and ask yourself how good does it need to be before it's good enough.

 

[Joe_H]

One other option you might want to consider is to wait a little while and buy a receiver that maybe costs a little more than you were already thinking that has preamp outputs (I bought the Outlaw 1070 and love it but I think theres cheaper receivers with preamp outputs), and then when you feel you've outgrown the receiver (and have better funding) then upgrade to a separate amp, and finally, when the receiver as a preamp isn't working for you in a few years down the line, then upgrade that.