Have you become too jaded with this hobby???


Greetings fellow A'goners.After posting a reply to a question in another forum section I started pondering if this was happening to me.I had put together a modest system that one of my coworkers(who happens to play bass in a band that just opened for Dokken & is getting ready to cut thier first record for a major lable)was completely blown away by.He had NEVER heard a stereo system that sounded so good according to him & decided he wanted me to help him build a system.A short while later I screwed up & killed my integrated amp so I sold off everything in the name of the almighty upgrade.After my reply in the other forum I now wonder if I am heading down the slippery slope of diminishing returns...So my question to all of you is this:Have you become so jaded by this hobby that you can NOT sit down in front of a VERY simple,inexpensive but well put together & set up system without disecting everything you hear & only focusing on what the system does NOT do,or can you still just listen to a simple VERY inexpensive system or a small portable radio & still enjoy the music?I look forward to your replies,Take care...
freediver

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The only time I really get down to dissecting the music as to what is going on and how is when I am totally involved with it. The more involved I get the more I listen closely, for all the little things that are or aren't there. Did s/he miss a note, do I care, how did that bit come about?
Music pulls me in, have sat fitfully through recitals where the performance was miserable and the encores outstanding and worth it.
Yet a simple car radio or my computer and a pair of logitech speakers also satisfies me. It is the music first and foremost.