I think I’m largely past that, as I’m more of a straight wire with gain kinda guy now, but I still appreciate a cool looking component.
What’s really changed is what I think is cool.
Me too.
No more garish flashing lights/meters for me now though I’m still partial to a warm glowing green or red LED.
As I recall, Peter Aczel of The Audio Critic dubbed it the “I’ve got to have it” syndrome. It does exist. For some reason, an Audio Note dac seems to be permeating my thoughts right now.
It certainly does exist.
Just an hour ago my brother was here talking about getting another car as his current Honda Accord diesel is getting a little clanky with 105k miles on the clock.
He’s looking at a more recent version of his Accord but then he happened to mention he was also looking at a BMW. In his teens he had a thing about BMs but never the money to get (and maintain) one so he settled for Ford’s and Vauxhall’s until eventually graduating to Honda.
After some of the heartbreaking stories we’ve seen in these past few years a new kind of realisation begins to dawn.
Life is finite and it’s not always a bad thing to fulfill at least some of your childhood wishes, is it?