100% agreed! In my case, I took 5 years off and just recently put together a much simpler (and less expensive) system. To me it just sounds great. Another thing I do to remind myself how good my system sounds is to listen to my "background" music systems I have throughout my house for a while before settling down for some serious personal time with my main rig.
Distance makes the heart grow fonder.
Audiophiles being audiophiles a certain amount of audio quality critique sets in from time to time when we listen to the music. This is perfectly normal considering what we are generally trying to achieve with our equipment. However if this self critique gets to be too much we can find it hard to see past that technical deficeintcies (even if they are only slight) and just enjoy the music. When this happens I find it best not to listen to my stereo for at least a week. Sometimes it's not by choice, life intervenes and I don't get around to listening for a week or so purely by accident, even if I have no gripes about the system at all.
The thing is went I come back and listen after absence of a week or more my system always sounds fantastic and every dime I've ever sunk into it seems worth while. So if your nitpicking your system to death and your not enjoying like you think you should give it a week! Just my 2 cents.
The thing is went I come back and listen after absence of a week or more my system always sounds fantastic and every dime I've ever sunk into it seems worth while. So if your nitpicking your system to death and your not enjoying like you think you should give it a week! Just my 2 cents.