How has your rig changed in 2008? And do you have any plans for 2009?

[Voltron]

So something got left out of the "what hasnt' changed" list

To clarify it, you can add "Squeezebox 3" to the In list for Mayberry Family Speaker Rig or whatever it's called.

[grawk]

We only love you because we're jealous.

Or something...

[swt61]

Let's see if I can remember everything.

Purchased:

I bought several turntables, and ended up building one and selling the others. I conned Marc into building all the essential paraphernalia needed for a vinyl rig.

I purchased a vintage Sansui tuner that I really like, purchased an Opera Consonance integrated amp and some Omega speakers.

I had a TPA Darwin balanced source selector built.

I bought a pair of Sennheiser HD 580, NAD RP18, Yamaha HP-1, APS recabled Ety ER4P & Klipsch Image X10 headphones/IEMs.

And just recently I bought my first AKG K1000.

Sold:

I sold my long term Paradigm Reference Active 20 monitors, my PS Audio PCA-2 preamp, TPA Zapfiltered Opus DAC.

And quite recently I sold my beloved AKG K340, Chocolate Donut MkII, AKG K240 Sextett, NAD RP 18 & Yamaha HP-1 headphones.

[atothex]

I started out the year as a total nub, and I guess I still am, but here goes:

in:

AD2000

W10VTG

HD650

Pro 2500

KSC75

DT770

DT880

Image X5

ER6i

Pico DAC

PPX3 and adapters

ghetto vintage amp/radio

Boston speakers

out:

Pro 2500

KSC75

PX100

DT880

ER6i

for 09:

balanced shiz

trade W10VTG for vintage RS1?

sell HD650?

possibly move to a nicer place and get nice speaker stuff

[postjack]

That is kind of you to note, Tyler. I certainly don't amass stuff to say I have it. I use this stuff daily and did the desktop rig upgrade because I listen more in my office than I typically can at home.

Its also OK with me if you buy more gear.

[deepak]

2009: the year I run all my upgrades by postjack first

[Dusty Chalk]

No moar new gears approvals in '09!

[postjack]

2009: the year I run all my upgrades by postjack first

Yeah Al is cool for 2009, but I can't be expected to let all y'all run around buying gear unfettered. A simple email or phone call would be appreciated before any purchase.

[deepak]

2009: the year I expect to miss out on many good deals

[Voltron]

Woo Hoo! I don't have any fetters!

[909]

well, here's most of the important stuff...

sold

Shure E3s (first purchase after joining Head-Fi in 2/2004)

Shure E4s (owned since 2006)

Sony D-555 to Justin (owned it since 1991)

Eddie Current EC2A3 to Aura (owned it since 2005)

bought

Sony PS-X800 (Craig's List)

Monolithic PS-1 & HC-1B (Audiogon)

Denon DL-110 (Amazon)

Shure SE530 (new from a trusted eBay seller)

Eddie Current HD 2 from jp11801 (absolute score of a lifetime, thanks John )

2009...

likely going to part with the Cicadas and get some new/different speakers and a power amp.

[tyrion]

Jack, will you be my Life Gear Coach too?

[postjack]

2009: the year I expect to miss out on many good deals

[postjack]

Jack, will you be my Life Gear Coach too?

I insist.

[tyrion]

I insist.

Excellent but it's a huge undertaking. Others have tried and failed miserably. Look at Jp, he thought he could handle it and he is as bad as me. That's just my way of saying that there are risks.

[postjack]

Excellent but it's a huge undertaking. Others have tried and failed miserably. Look at Jp, he thought he could handle it and he is as bad as me. That's just my way of saying that there are risks.

This is the moment every Life Gear Coach trains for!

[tyrion]

This is the moment every Life Gear Coach trains for!

[n_maher]

Ok, I'll make a sincere effort at this.

Bought or Built

Grado SR225s

16GB Ipod Touch

'06 Headroom Micro Amp

Buffalo DAC

SimpleSE "kit"

The Menace

Millett Starving Student Hybrid

Damaged Beta22 pcbs (still in a box, potential '09 project)

Sextetts

Millett Mini Max

y1 DAC

DT770 parts

Sold

Grado SR225s

EZ-Stream Wireless Music Server x2

Squeezebox V1

ATH W-5000

Hagerman Bugle

30GB Zune

'06 Headroom Micro Amp

Equation Audio RP-22X

Aikido Parts

Mini

[grawk]

I know you're missing several pairs of stats from that list nate

[n_maher]

I know you're missing several pairs of stats from that list nate

Shhhh!

[tyrion]

Shhhh!

Fess up. This is the audiophiles Yom Kippur (Day of Attonement for my brothers of other religions). Confess your audio sins and start with a clean slate for next year.

[n_maher]

Ok, fine.

Bought

2x Koss ESP 950

SR Lambda Pro

SRM1 MKII

Sold

2x Koss ESP 950

SR Lambda Pro

SRM1 MKII

[guzziguy]

Fess up. This is the audiophiles Yom Kippur (Day of Attonement for my brothers of other religions). Confess your audio sins and start with a clean slate for next year.

This is a great idea for a separate thread. I'll add my sin here. A mod can decide whether to split this out or not.

I only committed one audio sin in 2008. I bought a Bendix 6385 tube for my Extreme. It's a great tube but it cost $200. If I had it over, I wouldn't have audio sinned this year.

[Sherwood]

I endorse the posited "Audio Confessional" (no slight to you and the rest of the chosen, Mike, but we might need more than one day a year).

My sin this year? I recabled a KSC-75 with cryo-treated wire, even though I knew it was a bad idea. I even bought some cryo-treated plugs for other applications.

[Voltron]

The Cryo Craptacular!

I'm glad Nate got called out to come clean on his list too. At least I have a little more company now.

I like the audio confessions idea, but Mike made it all Jewy and then Sherwood made it all Papal with the confessional reference.

How about something more secular altogether like "Confessions of the Compulsive Audiophile" or "Oops I did it again" or some such.