Anyone else grateful that they got hooked on this crazy addiction


I got home tonight after a 12 hour day of busting my ass for the IT company I work for and sat down in the single chair in my dedicated listening room and turned on Dido’s “Still on My Mind”. As I sat there listening with the lights off, I thought about the fact that the majority of the people in this world will never get to hear anything close to this kind of sound and I get to hear any track, at any time, at any volume I choose. Please don’t think that I am bragging about my system as I know that the majority of you have systems that put mine to shame. I am attempting to express how very grateful I am that I got into this amazing hobby, especially with all the crazy things that are happening in our world today.

 

As a lurker on this forum for a couple of years, I have read the great majority of the posts. Some with a chuckle, some with great awe and some with disgust. We all enjoy an amazing hobby that allows us to escape from the realities of life right in our own home.

 

My system consists of a Devialet Expert 250 Pro, Dynaudio Contour 60 speakers, a pair of REL S510 sub-woofers, AQ William Tell speaker cables, an Uptone Audio Etherregen, SOTM ethernet cable, AQ Tornado power cords, an AQ Niagara 1000 power conditioner, GIK acoustic room treatments and an SGC i5 Sonictransporter running Roon with 5TB of hi-res recordings and streaming Tidal and Qobuz. Once again, I am not bragging, and I am not looking for any comments about how good or bad my system is or could be. My goal is to give you some perspective about how lucky we are to be “audiophiles” in this crazy world.

 

When I sit down with a glass of scotch and put on whatever it is that trips my fancy that night, I can easily put the world out of my mind in under 5 minutes. Listening to what I think is an incredible soundstage and how I can be transported so quickly to the artist’s location is sometimes beyond belief. The best is those nights when you audibly mumble “holy sh-t” after an especially dazzling track.

 

We are a very lucky group of people to be able to sit down with our system that we have built with our own hands and hard-earned money. To think how much time we have spent reading forums and reviews as well as the never ending tweaking. Who would have thought that moving speakers ¼” would make that big of difference?

 

So, who else out there is grateful that we have these amazing systems in our homes and it would almost be welcomed to be quarantined for a couple of weeks?


desert38
Great post. Isn’t that why we all go through what we do, ie the healing effects of great music when needed.
ISO
It probably would not be to my liking you are correct.
Might be very interesting though.
Some mind control would not go amiss nowadays on these forums.
And yes I am joking, shame when you have to qualify statements like that.

But seriously to the topic in hand.
HELL YES!
Most eternally gratefull I got hooked on audio.
Might have been something much worse if not and thankfully now I cannot afford much else besides this addiction.
Uber, the elites are working on that..... but you won't like what come's with it.
Now if and when they figure out how to pump music direct into our sensory system and bypass all the hardware then we will in heaven.
Lot darn cheaper too....
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My son gets that same feeling and experience when he comes home and listens to iphone and headphones with 1000 of songs at his finger tips.  I am thankful for the music, but I see your point.
HiFi is a drug like any other drug. But a very positive one for your soul. Once you get addicted you can't leave. I can't listen to music on the radio. I hardly can't go to concerts because of the bad sound...
HiFi is the gateway drug to the vast amount of music available to us now in the 21th Century!
I used to think I was addicted to audio gear. Went to therapy, did an honest self-inventory. I’m not addicted to audio. I’m addicted to cheap USB cables.

I’m not really sure who I am anymore.


Not that I’ve actually heard any of your components, but I’d bet your rig sounds great. As a matter of fact, it I were starting from square one, I’d probably be going your direction.