Are You A Disciplined Audiophile?

Interesting question.

In addition to waiting, what other variables to you try to control to make sure you’re hearing a change only in the element of the system which has been altered?

Typically, these other variables might include time of day, mood, music selection, furniture and/or treatments, other things using electricity in the house, and more. If tubes are used in the system, this can be a challenge, as tubes which are a month or two older will introduce changes of their own. One would have to swap in identical tubes with close to the same amount of wear to control that variable. (Personally, I try to keep tubes out of the equation when I listen for changes.)

Curious what else you try to keep stable.

I don’t get obsessive over the other things. For me, I think that a month or 2 will give me enough input to decide what I want to do. 

I didn't mention those variables out of any kind of obsessiveness, but because they might be factors which could interfere with the kind of observational discipline that is the main point in your post.

If they are obsessive, it can only be because they do not have a sufficiently great impact and so are negligible. Are you asserting that those factors are, in fact, negligible? I have to assume you are asserting that.

Another thread that has attracted that same....tired...droning sound. Is there anywhere free from that repeating siren?

@noromance @grislybutter @immatthewj Done with crazy posts. Ignoring crazy from here on out. With me?

I kind of like having the "crazy" posts around.

Thankfully, we don't have to pay by the word, or it would get expensive, fast.