A free tweak revisited

My system is in a dedicated room.

I never listen to it without eyes closed and seated in the sweet spot.

It's never used for background listening, the other two systems are for that.

I've only got one system up & running and that system has been in an evolving  listening room since the end of '17.  It doesn't get near as much use in this location as it did when it was in the living room, and although the sound stage is now more detailed & revealing than it ever was before, I don't think that I have near as much fun with my gear as I did when it was in my living room.  But there are other reasons for that; I don't find life, in general, near as much fun as I used to.

Technically I have enough unused components to set up a second functioning system somewhere else, but a couple of years ago we adopted three dogs & besides the listening room, I pretty much give them free run of the house, and I don't trust two of the three as far as I can throw them, and that means I don't trust those two at all. 

Oh well. . . .

@baylinor  and @pedroeb  , that's interesting.  I've always said that the sky may be a different color in my world.

@baylinor , actually I have heard that blind people have quite an acute sense of hearing . . . generally more so than people who are not blind. Or so I have heard.

@jerryg123 , I guess that some common ground can almost always be found.

@tony1954 and @blackbag20 , I’ve moderated my drinking while listening. I never thought I was drinking all that much, but maybe I was. My VA doc (who is great) suggested 14 or less drinks a week and I was astounded, 14 a night sounded more appropriate. Then about a year & a half or so ago, my liver enzymes came back slightly elevated and stayed that way for a few retests. I went from listening & drinking (depending upon whether I had drank wine or beer with dinner) either wine or whiskey or brandy to drinking Miller Light while listening. Liver enzymes STILL came back high. I switched to Miller 64 (YUK) and did my level best to stay at or under 14 a week and the numbers came back within acceptable parameters. Just a couple of nights ago I splurged and had either three or four glasses of wine (one with dinner & the rest while listening) and the next day (yesterday I guess that would have been) I felt real crappy. But I agree with you about disconnecting the brain. Unfortunately I may have to do it with Miller 64 from now on.

@thebrokenrecord , it’s possible, but I am thinking not. I have my gear on a separate circuit (I actually used to have it on three separate circuits) that is on a leg of the panel with virtually nothing else operating on when I am listening (including the circuits with the house lighting).

@jmalen123 , that sounds luxurious to me. Seriously. Working nights and coming home to a dark house.

@bikefi10 , that is an idea for me to consider.