[Premium-Rx] Every so often I just have to stop and ask myself

[Mac]

Subject says it all,  I am damn near 70 years old,  why just why do I 
have this attraction for stand alone RECEIVERS, like most of us, over 
the years at any one time I have had or presently have 1-3-5 + really 
good receivers.
These receivers are typically expensive to very expensive $1,000 on the 
low side to 4k plus on the high.. While they had/have many features for 
their day.

There is hardly a receiver made today that comes as a part of a quality 
Amateur Transceiver that wont run performance rings around most if not 
all of our PREMIUM Rx's.  The advent of roofing filters,  full DSP 
features throughout the set, size weight and add in reliability all the 
other factors..

Yet i still am drawn back to stand alone receivers that are more prone 
to needing expensive repairs take up more desk/rack space and do less. 
Not withstanding less and less to listen to from 100kc -30mhz beyond ham 
bands.

I now have come to also look upon this fine group as a "support group"  
where friends don't let friends buy and rely on combination 
receivers/transmitters.

What started this was the posting several weeks ago from the UK guys 
offering WJ 8711A at i thought a reasonable price, then a friend 
mentioned he was selling his FT-1000D  and i asked myself what would my 
friends on PremRx do...  but i didn't wait,  last night i bought the 
FT-1000D

It must be so very hard to break a truly harmful addiction 
[drugs/alcohol]  if I can't even break my addiction to Premium Rx's  .. 
I need some sort of like a 12 step plan for guys like me ...

Thanks for listening.  mac/mc  w5mc