Sorry, Bud, but it never goes away permanently until you're dead. I've been going backwards periodically, swapping out several components for an old but nice sounding receiver in a room or two. I find it easier on the eyes to look at one old Luxman R-1120 instead of three or four components. Much less cluttered, especially when you factor in the cabling. And the sound is close, if we're honest with ourselves.
Does it ever end?
I have recently been on yet another search for more magic for my system. ( current components; Leben CS 600, Electrocompanient ECM MK II Dac Steamer, Feikert Volare TT with Soundsmith Zephyr, Leben phono stage and countless NOS tubes). As I sit here and listen, and incidentally burn dinner, it sounds lovely. Yet the itch is always there to try another tube , cable , a new network switch, a LAN filter etc. I recently calculated that I have more tube years than years to live. ( I won't share the numbers as they embarrass even me ). And, I wonder, when will the itch stop; as again it sounds quite nice as it exists currently. Oh well, back to burning dinner.
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@stuartk It is all about the music. Making it, listening to it, for me music is life and the equipment that brings it into my world is simply a means to an end. So as long as I live all aspects of my interest in music will not end. That includes playing music, attending live performances, listening to recordings, buying recordings, being interested in reproduction equipment, musical instruments, and so. It is an all consuming passion for me. I love it all. |
Because of the extreme variety of "recording quality" in our musical collections/streams, from poor, to mediocre, to tolerable, to enjoyable, to "wow factor", audiophiles are trying to match/compensate with their buying adventure, for weaknesses/differences in the recordings. Unless of course, the speaker/room/listening seat is compromised somehow, and many are. The "true character" of a violin, when heard live and close up, will never be duplicated through a sound system, at least none that I have heard, including mine. BUT, here is the kicker! Listen, to the violinist, PLAY the instrument, rather than trying to duplicate the "tone/sound" of the instrument, and the "location" on the stage being created. Hearing the bow excite the strings, what is actually happening? The violinist is performing for us. So, listen to the "playing" of the instrument, as a 1st priority, and everything else will follow. Whatever combination of gear you put together....at any price...in any room, with be compromised by the recording. Enjoy the "music", through the reproduction chain you put together. Musicianship...Composition. These are "a given" to us. Everything else will show up too. Enjoy!
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@mihorn , I appreciated the Chris Isaak. Very familiar with it and it sounded nice through my headphone system. |
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