How To Waste Money By Saving It: Roger Skoff writes about buying a music system.

I was married when I bought my first really good stereo component, an ultra-high-end (for the 1980s) preamp that been highly praised in a review by Harry Pearson, and that I was able to buy – unheard and unseen – through a friend in the industry, at a very good price. Even with the friendly discount, it was still a lot of money, though, and the way I justified it to my wife was by telling her that it was a “state-of-the-art” piece and that we could, therefore, be sure to have and enjoy it for many years to come, without ever needing to buy anything better.
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