Are you on or off? What say you?

Definitely off now that I got the McIntosh MQ112 and Audio Research Ref 750s  Ref CD9 👍

*S*  I do what I do...;)

Step on, step off.  Audio as a 'clapper emulator'...mostly enjoying what's at hand while tending to the 'honeydews' and those needy things that need doing.

Vague retirement, golf for me would be a wrist rocket and a pool cue, tennis as jai alai could be fun but any impacts would not be good for one who bruises if looked at hard.  Used to cycle bike and moto's, but again damage....not so good for one that leaks easily but clots too quickly in the opin of the cardio Dr.s'

So I 'do' what a local calls steam-punk speakers for the toes in the Tao of my yin/yang, the yin of a complex v. the yang of the making of....

...blending in the wonderous and wooly music they emit.

A misspent life spent well....imho....interpret as you might.

'ciao, J

.....letting this eve in contemplation of Lou Reeds' last words prior to leaving us...

 “Take me into the light.” 

Unless something breaks in my system, I'll stick with what I have.  I still own an NYAL Moscde 300 Maxi with mods I purchased in the eighties and a recent discussion with George Kaye about it, I happened to catch him before he left for the evening to perform in his jazz group at a local club.  He's a bass player.

Still reaching for that brass ring.

OFF.  As in off-loading. I have way too much gear and LP's. My kids don't want it. My grand-kids don't understand it. So I have to sell it, which is a giant pain in so many ways. My wife asked me (more than once) why do I need 9 turntables, 6 sets of speakers, 8 tuners, etc. Most pieces are "Golden Age" equipment that I spent a great deal of time restoring  to pristine cosmetic and operating condition. I cycle through gear just for fun and usually am listening to my main system in the living room and another in the finished basement. But I've got let the gear go.

I am "on" when I'm awake and off when I'm asleep.

The rest of the time I am ambivalent. 

Off- If it’s pointless merry-go-round 

On- if I’m open to possible future well thought of upgrades

Where do you purchase tickets? What park?

I’m Off, and still trying to get the bad taste out of my mouth from being on. Over this past year my room has seen three different streamers, multiple cable interconnects and speaker cable, and a highly reviewed integrated amp. Each one of these turned out to be a step in the wrong direction. Everything I have in my rack now was there over a year ago. I’m back to where I started and happy to be there – wiser but poorer. I’m off, and glad to be off  – and loving my system.  

Definitely off.My last 2 purchases really did it for me. My McIntosh Q112 and my ARC Ref 9 cd. 

On! It always comes back!

On, and enjoying the journey!

Always on, even when I think I am off.  

I think that everyone that's posted here is "on," whether they admit it or not.  In my opinion, being so doesn't necessarily mean you're still buying stuff, actively upgrading as you surely did at some point in your audiophile career. Being on means you recognize that good sound matters to achieving an optimal connection to the music one cares most about, that you care, that you at least wonder if a change might make a difference. Whether or not you choose to act on that thought is immaterial.

If you want to know who's off, look at your friends who aren't audiophiles—most of the people you know, I'd assume. They, of course, never got on. They still have the "stereo" they got in college or graduate school and when it breaks, they'll replace it with a box (with no visible wires) that starts playing music when they speak to it in a firm tone of voice: "Play Carol King!"

Those of us reading this thread are definitely on, and on for life. And you're my kind of people.