a rant

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!

i think its very confronting just listening to music - and not listening to how the equipment sounds. settling in and just enjoying the music takes being open minded. 

Ive had well over 100 pieces of gear ranging from solid state amps - tube amps - class d amps - class g amps (arcam) - cd players - dacs - streaming devices - turntables - speaker cables - interconnects - like someone said - its a hobby - what else should you be doing.

same as golf - im a golf enthusiast - for 30 years ive chased this tip and that swing method - all promising to lead me to a golf perfection

so what i see now as with stereo and golf - its not the hobbies so much im addicted to - its chasing that im addicted to - so ive joined a 12 step program for chasing - ill let you know how it turn out. 

To me, the hobby is the buying and selling and upgrading of gear, where I'm actively doing something. I would never consider anything like listening to music or watching movies or reading to be 'hobbies'. Those are just things I've done for as long as I've been alive.