the one that got away - how do you handle grief?

@parkergetdean 

You equate "grief" with not obtaining instant gratification then you've never actually experienced it and are lamenting about the wrong things. Especially when any specific piece of hi fi gear is a dime a dozen and future opportunities to satisfy your insatiable wants will again present themselves. Patience.

Eventually, you will find them again. I have made the same mistake. I thought I had bid enough to win, only to find out that I lost because I didn't watch the auction on the last thirty minutes.

I know about grief, I sold pieces I should have kept and kept pieces I should have sold. I'm happy to say that this no longer happens.

Day by Day.

Happy Listening!

I've got a few speakers on my bucket list that I ultimately let get away because they're farther away than I'm willing to drive to and then I promise myself Next time! and on it goes. More recently I'm noticing things like component synergy, sizing speakers to room, placement and how the listening room has a tendency to give speakers a similar tonal balance that takes away a little bit of that thing that set them apart from the rest. I'm winding down my quest for the holy grail.

About 12 years ago or so I had a pair of reference 3A deCapo's that I loved and loved and then decided to go into floor standards and of the next 4 or 5 years just went down one unhappy experience after another. And then I got a chance to obtain another pair of reference 3A decapos about 4 years ago and have no urge to ever look back again.

Well, I guess if I could afford audio notes. But I can't.