How good is good enough?

the best i can afford

Very good post!

My answer will be because we refuse or do not understand why we must learn minimal basic acoustics concepts and how experimenting with them ...

We condemn ourself to consumerism in the pursuit of an illusion related to the gear marketing which is no no more an acoustic question but reduce to a psychological obsession ...

Am i wrong ?

It is my experience observing myself ...

To my mind, the question redounds why some think it can be asked and answered. The question becomes, Why are you (we) Sisyphus? when it comes to asking such impossible questions?

I'm not sure that the concept of "good enough" is what drives most of us in this hobby. Passion and curiosity pushes the limits of practical thinking. 

I’ll be done when my wife says so! After bringing home speakers almost as tall as she is, the wife doesn’t want any more.  Especially a pair of Maggie 3.7i’s😁

My goal was from the beginnings to create a system for music...never to use few music albums to test my system ...

I own 10,000 albums...😊

I invested in music and books (i will not reveal how many books😊 ) not in a hundred of thousand dollars system gear...

I discovered that some acoustic controls with basic good gear is enough ..

I listen music all day long and come here to speak with unknown friends...

I spoke too much, but i hope to be useful in a way if not entertaining ...

For me this " how good enough is enough question" related question is interpreted as a money related question by most...

Most dont understand that minimal satisfaction threshold, once synergy between pieces of gear is reached come from acoustics control over the speakers/ears/room ...

Price tag is secondary even if for sure for example the Microzotl pre-amplifier i returned last month because there was no synergy with my AKG K340 is way better and not in the same ball park than the last tube pre-amplifier i bought few weeks ago for 50 bucks but which had synergy with my 100 bucks speakers which is why i bought it for ( my Sansui alpha was better than the very high quality ZOTL for the K340 then nothing will replace it for the K340 ) ...

I would have keep the 2000 bucks amplifier if the grin on my wife face had not speak otherwise for sure... But how wise could it be to keep a 2000 bucks pre-amplifier for some 100 bucks active speakers? ( they are stunning now after my modifications on their design trust me )

Audiophile experience is about synergy and acoustics (not mere room acoustic) not about price tag and not even about top design ...😁

Audio hobby is good if it make you more creative and at the end serve music not sound quality obsession grounded on gear design marketing more than in acoustics ...