Missing the forest for the trees

No intent regarding nor restriction on interpretation(s). Whatever you have found to be and believe is relevant to you in this hobby and to your personal journey.

The previous series of posts were removed by the posters themselves, all in good faith. Impressive and appreciated! Thank you very much.

Thanks to all for posting and sharing. 

@rar1  Rich, I hope your music continues to offer a 'beautiful' escape and that things sort themselves out. 

@bensturgeon It's been a week since you posted. Updates?  I hope you are doing better and the issues are getting resolved.

@amg56 Beautiful and powerful point about music as therapy and how it has helped you through what you have faced and continue to.

Choose your Forest...courtesy of Steve Guttenberg:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku7tge9qppo

Here's a thoughtful / thought provoking 'essay'.... from Srajan Ebaen / Darko Audio

....I wish the 'title' was phrased differently...it' about ears (I think)....

https://darko.audio/2018/10/kih-62-isnt-it-time-you-grew-a-pair/

@shkong78  Since you are listening to "all kinds of music" do you have any additional thoughts to share in terms of optimizing a system to meet your needs across a wide spectrum of music? 

Thoughtful Essay: 'Objectivity and the Abstract Truth' by Allan Moulton // The Absolute Sound


Here is a snippet...

"The scientific method is a purposeful and sometimes necessary disentanglement of equipment and sounds from listening’s full context. But at the end of the day, a double-blind test or full set of measurements reveals a lesser form of the truth, not a greater one. The truth or essence of the equipment we listen to is not contained in them or in the capabilities they have or in the opinions we hold. Like it or not, the full truth is that we’re entangled in complex and wonderful ways with our world."

http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/objectivity-and-the-abstract-truth/