ahuvia, thanks for sharing your thoughts.
ggch, I totally agree with the last sentence of your post.
jjss49, and with your post this thread can be closed.
Thanks all for your input and suggestions.
The Psychology of Constant (Equipment) Change
Anybody have an answer?
I have a decent selection of preamps, amps, integrateds and speakers to choose from and I find myself swapping out gear constantly. And it's not because anything sounds bad. Quite contrary, really.
After most swapping sessions, I'm generally really satisfied and quite enjoy the sound quality. But within a few weeks I'm swapping stuff out again.
What would be the diagnosis for my condition?
In your post or book it lack a neutral spin not centered on gear acquisition variety seeking behaviour nor on the addictive increasing habit of buying gear... NEUTRAL SPIN : trying to look for the best balance ratio between all acoustics factors and parameters of the relation between psychoacoustics principle and any system at any cost in a specific room ... The neutral spin is grounded in acoustic not on piece of gear obsession.. So many audiophiles are rational in their behavior , i am one ... 😊 i apologize for my self promoting... 😁 There is an audiophile hobby centered on buying the most possible of gear pieces possible, a common traits of reviewers , sellers and gear obsessed people often correlated with acoustics ignorance which they confuse with few panels on a wall..... No acoustician suffer generally from these positive and negative spin habits, neither any rational audiophile... Music then stay for them first and last as giving dopamine not the gear possible and often frustrating race toward upgrades ... i am in ectasy right now without need of gear piece because my system is balanced acoustically... The possible gear upgrade exist but not so strongly attractive... Any obsession is born from or/and reflect an unbalanced mode of attention.
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@mahgister You continue to demonstrate that your knowledge is unlimited regarding audio (amongst other things). Each time I read your posts, I am so glad that you choose to share your wisdom with us. Thank you. |
i am very happy for your praise but,.... I must correct it for the sake of truth : Many here as atmasphere, erik_squires, rodman9999, GHprentice, mikelavigne and many others had more knowledge than me on many aspects of audio if not all... I know almost nothing but i learned the basic ... By experiments from complete ignorance... The little i know is well grounded in acoustics ... Thats all ... I only know basic... Not refined audio knowledge as the Atmasphere by his job as engineer and mike lavigne by his complete audiophile journey... Thank you for your gentle post for me... |