{"id":1575,"date":"2009-12-12T13:49:47","date_gmt":"2009-12-12T18:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/?p=1575"},"modified":"2009-12-12T13:49:47","modified_gmt":"2009-12-12T18:49:47","slug":"audiophilia-on-a-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/?p=1575","title":{"rendered":"Audiophilia on a budget"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href='http:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/d-infinity-speakers-2.JPG' title='d-infinity-speakers-2.JPG'><img src='http:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/d-infinity-speakers-2.JPG' alt='d-infinity-speakers-2.JPG' \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Infinity SM 152 speakers, made around 1994<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href='http:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/d-pioneer-sx3500-1.JPG' title='d-pioneer-sx3500-1.JPG'><img src='http:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/d-pioneer-sx3500-1.JPG' alt='d-pioneer-sx3500-1.JPG' \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Pioneer SX-3500, made in 1980<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/operainfo.org\/\">The Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network<\/a> opened its radio season today with Puccini&#8217;s <em>Il Trittico<\/em>. It&#8217;s the 79th season of Metropolitan Opera broadcasts, and it&#8217;s the longest running classical program in radio history. Lucky for me, I have a new sound system on which to listen to it.<\/p>\n<p>I would not say I&#8217;m a true audiophile. I&#8217;m way too poor to be an audiophile. There&#8217;s no limit to what you can spend on sound systems. But I&#8217;ve been to an awful lot of concerts in my life, and when some of the sound in recorded music is missing, or distorted, listening to music is not much fun. I stopped at a second-hand shop in Madison yesterday, and they had a giveaway price on two Infinity SX 152 speakers and a Pioneer SX-3500 tuner\/amplifier. The speakers, each of which weighs almost a hundred pounds, each has a 15-inch woofer, two midrange drivers, and a tweeter. The balance controls on the front of the speakers really work. The Pioneer SX-3500 amplifier is a nice match for these speakers. I have a weakness for 1980s electronics. The 1980s was a great period in electronics manufacturing, and prices for 25-year-old electronics are low.<\/p>\n<p>The Saturday broadcasts from the Metropolitan Opera have an exciting, old-fashioned feel, a live performance. It&#8217;s what radio used to be, and ought to be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Infinity SM 152 speakers, made around 1994 Pioneer SX-3500, made in 1980 The Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network opened its radio season today with Puccini&#8217;s Il Trittico. It&#8217;s the 79th season of Metropolitan Opera broadcasts, and it&#8217;s the longest running classical program in radio history. Lucky for me, I have a new sound system on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/?p=1575\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Audiophilia on a budget&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1575\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acornabbey.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}