Emotional rollercoaster


I think I've been slowly improving my system over years. Starting with garage sale finds and tip finds to eBay and ultimately spending serious dollars on some decent amplification and speakers. I was even going to post recently about how the journey has been worth it.
Then this afternoon I tested an old Akai AA-5200 that I'd retrieved from under my ex's house (left it there 8 or so years ago) and I connected it to some old magnat 10p speakers I picked up for about $40 ages ago.... and behold.... I was listening to about $60 of hi-fi equipment that sounded extraordinarily nice and made me wonder why I'd spent a hundred and fifty times that much "improving" my main system over the years. 
It's left me disillusioned and fragile. Is spending big bucks a sham. Where have I gone wrong. It's an emotional rollercoaster. Help.



mid-fi-crisis

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I never upgrade components willy-nilly.  I'm not a trigger-puller.  When I get to a point where I really like what I hear I pretty much get off the carousel for a while.  It doesn't hurt that, ever since I left the mid-fi universe for the tweaky audiophile one, I choose my components as carefully as I can and I seldom have regrets.  I only have upgrade-itis when a component breaks.  I've never been less than 90% at ease with what my audio system delivers at any particular point in the journey.  It's only when a new technology emerges (such as digital downloads, streaming, etc.) that lust truly begins to manifest.