Meridian Unplugged - Powered by MrTechGuy.co.uk Forums Discussion Meridian - Streaming Spending on gear and music

It's occurred to me that most people have uneven views of spending. There is a lot of agonizing of the $100/year cost of Roon and $250/year cost of Tidal and of reusing Sooloos components for Roon because of the existing investment.

But then, I read of people's libraries. Somebody claims 25,000 albums: at an average of $20, that's half a million dollars. Someone had 4,000 albums, that's $80,000, same as a pair of DSP8000SEs.

I have only 1,500 albums, but that still means I spent more on music than on all the Sooloos gear (C10, MD600, 2xMS600).

Which is as it should be, it is about the music, the gear is just the vehicle for enjoying that music.

Some of us plumb the depths of Charity shops and Car Boot Sales for music.
You never know what you will find. Today I had The Best of Harry Nilsson, Stan Getz & Jimmy Raney live in 1951 plus. The Soul detectives ( a local to me group) all for the princely sum of £2.23

And so my collection grows.

The prices you quote makes you appreciate the value of Tidal though.

Thoughts, Chris

Please let's not have a thread that reminds me exactly just how much I have spent on hardware and content

Alternatively...

It's Friday evening (where I am). It's been a busy week. I have a beer and some utterly stunning tunes.

Worth every penny !!!

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