Originally Posted by Batman_3000

I'll agree with the buying cheap part and "challenge" that setup Thorens 145 with good needle at 0,5 g, Naim audio seperate amp/preamp, Cambridge CD, what started out as Wharfedale speakers. Basic stuff, until a guy who designed all but the casing of the Goldmund Apologues in the Met (C.Y.) revisited the speakers, which were then split out as pic'd by another guy. Cost to me maximum 50 bucks and when I'm in the mood, the system is on and it's Heaven on Earth. There is lead in there, sand, and a piece of chewing gum. So this is off topic, without being totally so, because the kids just know "boom boom boom" with 12" subwoofers with a few exceptions. Levelling to the lowest possible common denominator to increase sales and reduce costs. And that is what is happening in the bike world too. That and the hi-IQ idiots for whom everything NEW HI-TECH is better. So, I'm not totally off topic, I hope...