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[Kosh]

Do you find you obsession waning a little with age and online content and home theater?

I've since found myself happily compromising with age.
I'd never thought I'd have in walls, but these Sonance silhouette II's seem to kick arse!
Have since swapped all surround for Sonance inwalls (inceiling?).

Again, things change, got rid of the  discreet 2 channel amp/pre for a receiver!
Not sure if because I'm losing my good hearing or have sold out! Lol.

Believe it or not, I'm still using my vpl vw10ht Projector. It's a dinosaur but just coping @720p.
Bare in mind, Aussie TV still doesn't reach this.
I'll probably invest in another this year. I was looking at 4k, but now with 8k in the works, I may be better off buying cheap for current standards but upgrade more often. Your thoughts.

I would say my taste and expectations have definitely shifted over the past 25 years.
 
I sold very high end gear at a boutique shop in the early 90's.  My two channel system around that time was probably worth about $20K, and I was in the clutches of audiophilia.  You could have called me a self-proclaimed golden eared audiophile, and I would have thanked you for the compliment .   A few years later I had moved on from selling audio gear, and was attending college.  I started going to a lot more live shows with friends for fun.  I really never liked "live" shows before my college days.  I hated live albums, and always preferred a bands studio offering.  As my taste started to gravitate towards live music, I started to like my high-end system less.   
          
I think I ended up selling that gear off to purchase some reliable transportation

I've gone to a receiver based HT system these days, but I do have a separate Rotel RB-1080 to drive my main speakers.  My sources are on opposite extremes.  I have all my CD music ripped to a HTPC as lossless FLAC, and I use JRiver media center as my playback software.  I can either queue up songs from the interface displayed on my TV, or through an APP on an android tablet.  When I'm feeling more hands-on, I listen to my Clearaudio Concept Turntable.
 
My system now is definitely geared towards LIVE audio.  I had a pair of Vandersteen 3a signatures for my mains, but one day I saw a pair of Klipsch Chorus II's for sale.  Those are big speakers with 15" woofers, 15" passive radiators, and horn loaded tweeter/midrange.   My intial thought was that I would use them for a second "rock" system in the basement.  I made the mistake of testing them in my main setup, and they have been there ever since.  My Vandersteens are relegated to basement duty.

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I've got a pair of Heresys and a pair of Cornwalls.

neener, neener, neener

No laughing here man..  I use a pair of Klipsch Chorus II's these days as my main speakers.  Those are practically fraternal twins to the Cornwalls.