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Take it easy H, I mean, I hope your folks have got two things; a bloody big garage and the patience of a saint. Sorry mate, but you're like the kid who got the keys to the sweetshop. You got an expensive Arcam, didn't like it, preferred a 1979 JVC. Lambasted vinyl, loved vinyl, panned it, loved it again. New headphones, old headphones, now these.
You're pretty lucky for what you have there but you're going about this all wrong. I've been into hi-fi since around 1979 but I think you've owned more in two years than I've done in 30. Why search for a nirvana I don't think you'll ever find with the approach you're currently taking? Take a step back; all you'll do is line a dealer's pockets and be just as annoyed. Instead of jumping in with both feet and end up looking for the next big thing a fortnight later, why not let what you have soak in for a few weeks?!
Seriously, enjoy the current hi-fi, car, jazz band, photography, relationship with Cyrus, and vintage hifi boot hill you have there - it's more than most have got but I think I'll stop here before you suspect me your parents of having bribed me...
Don't worry Mr.TRS, I 'aint gonna buy them! To be honest, the Grados weren't really mine - I did a "long term demo" with my dealer and ended up not wanting (or being able to) pay for them, so I gave them back. They were ex-demo anyway, so I didn't pay £1,000 for them!
I appreciate what you're saying mate, but I should have seen this post before cause I'm currently staring at a brand-new Panasonic TX-32LZD85 1080/24p 100Hz beasty of a TV...which I sold the B&O kit to buy.