There are actually 2 seperate hobbies here.


The music is one hobby and the gear it is played on is the second hobby. 

This was prompted by the thread "Can you actually be done in this hobby"

I am 75% on the gear side so I won't ever be 100% satisfied with my system. I will always be looking to tweak/change something.
People who focus on the music can get to a place sound wise that they are satisfied with for many years. 

Where do you sit % wise. 
128x128pkvintage

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I am half and half right now.

But I will go back to 80% Music and 20% Gear by the end of this year.

From next year, I will try only inexpensive tweaks including tube rolling.

My 120K$ system already sound excellent with recent renovation of 20K$.

I have not decided yet whether to spend 15K$ more on upgrade of DAC.

I had spent 2.5K$ on buying 1000 redbook CDs during last 6 months.

It had been good time to do bargain hunting on CDs.



Even without any hardware change, I will be happy with new collection of CDs.

If you keep spending on gears, there is no end.

That is like drug addiction.

I am old enough to be wise.

Thomas