I agree (with the original thread)...and I'm going through the same thing, selling my equipment for the same reason. Every huge, jaw dropping improvement evaporates after few weeks and I'm left agonizing what the next upgrade/change would be. Finally realized I can justify spending all this money if it makes me happy, but it hardly ever was, it was more of an addiction, similar to gambling.... Might come back to it in the future if money will be burning holes in my pockets (not too likely). The only thing I'm keeping is my headphone set up, because for some reason I'm nowhere near as critical with headphones as I am with regular stereo equipment (where I kind of wanted it all - full range sound, huge, deep soundstage, detailed but not analytical...). I bought a cheap $180 stereo system and I'm listening to cd's that have been collecting dust since I've discovered "hi end audio". Obviously I'll be a music fan forever and I'm excited about going to RMAF later this year, but for now I gave up on audio equipment.
Audiophile Addiction
I met a man on Audiogon who had a fairly high-end system and he was selling the whole thing off. I asked him why, which is the purpose of this posting, is that he was constantly trying to find the perfect sound from his audio system and came to the conclusion it does not exist. Additionally, he said most often all of his hours of listening were alone, taking many hours of quality time from his family. In addition, he said he was listening to his equipment vs. the music. He is now very happy listening to background music with his family from his AV system. I don't know, I just wanted to share this story as I myself fall into this trap (made me think).