Ha, Yes there are lots of senior audiophiles with deteriorated hearing and assorted ailments out there along with you and me. For the past 40 or so years I, myself have been striving for audio nirvana with a reasonable amount of success. Spend a fortune on tweaks, upgrades to equipment and cables. You know the score. I'm close to the end as like you now running on a limited budget, no more overtime for me! I did however recently do one "upgrade" which I should have considered much earlier in life. That upgrade is room treatment and it surely has made the single most profound difference in my listening experience. When I think of all the money wasted on tweaks and such I look back and say what if. Young and dumb is a good expression. Getting the room acoustics right put me in audio nirvana, Deteriorated hearing and all. Love this thread!
Retired audiophile?
Maybe it comes with age. Fatigue with upgrades. Wisdom and satisfaction with the material world - acceptance of the audio system and a return to enjoyment of music without audio analysis - acceptance of deteriorating hearing and the resultant judgement that "what's the use" in the pursuit better fidelity - more restricted finances of retirement.. a feeling of "done for now" or forever. (Unless something brakes down) After improving and "investing" in my rig for over 30 years, I've come to the realization that I have little interest in the latest/greatest. "Tweaking" has little or no monetarily corresponding reward.
I'll still peruse the web, but the magazine subscriptions have elapsed and I don't miss the self-congratulatory reviews and commentary.
I suspect I'm not alone on this although the Audiogon community by it's very nature, is active in the hobby. Other retired audiophiles out there?
I'll still peruse the web, but the magazine subscriptions have elapsed and I don't miss the self-congratulatory reviews and commentary.
I suspect I'm not alone on this although the Audiogon community by it's very nature, is active in the hobby. Other retired audiophiles out there?