a rant

Well, the thing about a hobby is generally they are active.  You can't just sit still if it's going to be a hobby...thus the need to churn equipment even if one already loves the sound. 

This is a good point. Hobbies are active.

But what do YOU think this hobby is: kaleidoscope or mountain?

For me, it's not about trying to get to the top of a mountain, but about turning a kaleidoscope and enjoying new combinations. (And not necessarily for more money.)

Those who don't like kaleidoscopes should turn them until they get a view they like, and then tape it so it cannot turn again.

For me the hobby was neither a mountain of the highest S.Q. to reach at all cost,

neither a Kaleidoscope of upgrades to felt a change because i am not satisfied or i am deluded by new purchase propositions,

for me this hobby was a road to learn how to install what i can afford...

Acoustics learning was the key, experiments and concepts...

Add to this vibration controls and resonance controls in my headphones and gear pieces,

Controls of my house/room electrical noise floor and EMI,

Tweakings with different methods with my homemade experiments ( no purchase of tweaks)

It was a journey on a road towards the threshold of minimal acoustical satisfaction or TMAS, extraccting the most of their potential from my 3 different speakers/rooms and from my headphones...

TMAS is important concept. It means that when you reach this minimum threshold you feel it so well that you had the impression to touch the acoustic goal. There is always more to extract but we must stop somewhere... The only way for me now to go further is buying Dr. Choueri BACCH implementation .

It is done...

My hobby is reading and music...

I learned a lot not from reviewers but with my intense discussions with three audio engineers here (objectivist) by realizing that they underestimated acoustics & psycho-acoustics and over valuated the material technology they used ... Thanks to them i conducted intense research and experiments... One is well know it is Amir...If it was not for his rant i will not had learn so much even in theoretical acoustics, which is the field i am the most interested in ...

This hobby is just like s few other expensive Hobbies I partake.

Motorcycles and skiing.

There is so much good hardware out there that can render subtle changes in the experience you enjoy that you just can’t stop.

In skiing you could have 2 ski’s that are the same dimension but because of internal construction materials render a completely different experience and both of those you enjoy, especially given a specific set of snow conditions. Same for Audio equipment. The conditions in audio would be the recording (genre, mastering quality, instruments , voice etc).  And your building a rig (boots,liner,binding,wax,ski edge angles) right down to sock thickness. 

@jbuhl

Yes, but do they sound any different?😀

And your building a rig (boots,liner,binding,wax,ski edge angles) right down to sock thickness.

@curiousjim

Yes, but do they sound any different?😀

HAHA! Well as in our sound system; They do perform differently and as many have pointed out; is that little extra performance gain worth the spend. At some point you just need to settle in a enjoy the music/ride.  Unless you have sheik money then keep on spending!