Dave_B here! I think (therefore I am...I think) this audio obsession is deeply rooted in Man's primal need to be creative, solve problems and to control his environment. In itself, this is not a bad thing. The problem is that most of us don't know when to stop and just enjoy the music..remember the music? FYI, spending less money more wisely and tweaking a system will always sound better than spending huge amounts of cash...expectations can ruin your perceptions. Sorry about the Duh comment on a previous post...nothing personal:)
Is it really the system?
It’s been going on for years now. One of these, two of those, another yadayada… and I’m done. But then you find out you aren’t quite done after all.
Not yet. Not quite…
Is it a slippery sound you chase? A finite exceptional tonality which continues to elude? Is your happiness continually percieved to be in a thing still on the horizon, and not yet in the nest?
Is there indeed a light at the end of the tunnel, or is it a train?
Why keep pressing onward if by so many accounts and your own, the current system’s presentation is great now?
Or in other words perhaps, Enthusiast, Audiophile, or Gear hound? Just where do you hang your hat?
Or have you indeed hung it up for good?