I'd have to say that my happiness is near 100%. I can't imagine spending all that money if it were a lot lower. That's not to say that I don't constantly hear things that I'd like to change or improve, only that my system is now at the point that those things don't spoil my listening pleasure. As I've noted before, I listen to the music, not to the sound so when I find bad recordings I just don't play them. As an old codger neighbor once said to me, "Just because there'll be a better sunset someday doesn't mean that I can't enjoy this one." Wisdom there.
Detlof: I, too, am plagued with perfect pitch. I've learned to live comfortably with off-pitch performances so long as the relative pitch is consistent among the players. It's when the damned viola is 15 cents off of everybody else that I go crazy.
What I don't comprehend is the situation where a fellow audiophile is rhapsodizing over the wonderful, nirvanic sound and yet the performer is doing a lousy job of playing or singing or whatever. But we're all different.
Combined retail cost of my two systems is about $60K.
will
Detlof: I, too, am plagued with perfect pitch. I've learned to live comfortably with off-pitch performances so long as the relative pitch is consistent among the players. It's when the damned viola is 15 cents off of everybody else that I go crazy.
What I don't comprehend is the situation where a fellow audiophile is rhapsodizing over the wonderful, nirvanic sound and yet the performer is doing a lousy job of playing or singing or whatever. But we're all different.
Combined retail cost of my two systems is about $60K.
will