On Friday, December 6, 2013 7:47:26 AM UTC-8, Oregonian Haruspex wrote:
On 2013-12-06 02:17:09 +0000, Audio_Empire said:
On Tuesday, December 3, 2013 2:45:44 AM UTC-8, Oregonian Haruspex wrote:
On 2013-12-02 19:26:26 +0000, said:
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Making an automobile analogy, there are people who obsess over every
little detail of their classic cars, bring them to shows, and so forth
with the purpose of showing them off. Then there are the people who
actually drive these things up and down the highway. Sometimes they do
both, but you'd be surprised at the number of classic cars that are
trucked into car shows.
Take from a dyed-in-the-wool classic Italian sports car buff. You really can't
practically do that. A car that is shown on the Concours circuit must be better
than 95 points (a perfect restoration is 100 points). That's actually better than
new for many cars. When you drive a car, it wears. When it wears, it loses points.
restorations are so expensive these days (500 hrs @ US$100/hr+ just to refresh
an 80-90 point car to 95 points+) and takes so long, (up to 6 months for a
refresh) that none but the most filthy rich do that. Show cars, for the most
part are NOT driven unless a tour is a part of the concours, like it is at
Pebble Beach. Even then, many "trailer queens" do not participate.
What people do with their hobby is their business, but I reserve the
right to have an opinion on it.
I'm not arguing with you, I just wanted to know if you thought that an
audiophile couldn't be a music lover as well.