I need help with my Equipment addiction


I can't leave well enough alone. My most disappointing days are days like today where I sit down to listen to my system, drink some wine, and unwind and... the system sounds great. I hate that. Nothing to tweak, everything is intergrating well: Clear highs, check. Fast, deep bass, check. Digital sound good with weight and impact, Check. Vinyl sound deep and well rounded with extended highs and excellent speed, check.

That's when the trouble starts. I start thinking, "What if changed cartridges?" "Well then I need a step up transformer, or a seperate MC phono stage", "Maybe I should just look at new preamps, even thbough I love mine now", "Then I need a separate phono preamp, I've always wanted an ARC preamp", then "Hey then I could buy an ARC tube amp for the high end of the Maggies and get bi-amp them"

Does it ever stop? How can I stop the cycle? I think I'm going to drink some more wine.
macdadtexas

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Macdadtexas you really don't want help with your addiction. If you really wanted help, you wouldn't come here. Coming here is tantamount to an alcoholic going to a liquor store for help. You came here to a bunch of enablers. Stay here and you'll never be cured. I gave up a long time ago and accepted my condition. I'm a functional audiophile. I'm addicted, but I can still function....kind of like Miles Davis and Keith Richards. I don't pretend to want to be cured. Besides, as one esteemed member of this group wrote a few years back, "we're all as crazy as we can afford to be"....that, my man is such a profound statement and is absolutetly true.
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System synergy is the key. I've looked over your system components very closely and have done a very thorough analysis. All of your cables and electronics are well matched. The glaring problem you have is that you drink wine when you listen to your system. You should be drinking top-shelf cognac instead....it will consistently get you to audio nirvana if you drink it while listening to your system.
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