Can one ever be "done" in this hobby?

Sorry, tried that. Didn’t work. 😢 For me SOUND=MUSIC

His voice was better post haircut.

Hey, this is almost as much fun as Weekend at Bernie’s.

Give me a word that rhymes with orange.

Back to back, belly to belly
I don’t give a damn, I done dead already
Oho back to back, belly to belly
At the Zombie Jamboree

One female Zombie wouldn’t behave
See how she jumping out of the grave
In one hand a quarter rum
In the other hand she knocking Congo drum
Believe singer start to make his rhyme
The Zombies are racking their bones in thyme
One bystander had this to say
T was a pleasure to see the Zombies break away

Back to back, belly to belly
I don’t give a damn, I done dead already
Oho… 🧟‍♂️

No thanks. I’m not into the whole zombie thing. 

Are you planning on going underground soon? 

I did not anticipate that afterlife sound systems would be subject to peer review. 

Not necessarily.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/catacombo-sound-system_n_3874456

Never troll a troll. - old audiophile axiom

🤗

Actually I’m the opposite of you.

Sorry, Uber, I almost forgot you’re the star. 💃 Thanks for being kind. 🤗

I see no way for an OP that asks the burning question, Can the addiction of Audio Nervosa be cured., to spiral out of control. I’m at a loss for an explanation. Maybe Uber nose 🤥

Uber here’s an old army expression: never poop in your own mess kit.

I’m a party pooper! Deprogrammers at full alert 🚨 

There’s a famous quote, something about repeating the same things over and over again and getting the same results. Was it Einstein? 😛

fleschler, the irony for you is that all that time and expense and you still have a long way to go. The reason I say that is because the problems with scattered laser light and the vibrating and fluttering CD can not (rpt not) be recovered by anything you do downstream. Not cables, tweaks, speakers, fuses, room treatment. The information that’s lost as soon as the laser strikes the CD is gone forever. That’s the very first thing that happens - Distortion and noise. And it has always been so. Everybody is used to by now. That’s why audiophiles deep down inside are dissatisfied with their sound, they know deep down there’s got to be more to it than this.  😛

Please, no angry emails telling me have much everyone loves their system’s sound.

It was a lucky guess.

Uber, are you pretending to be uneducated? Because if you are you’re doing an excellent job.

Geez whiz, Uber, you flunked English? 

A team of skilled deprogrammers is standing by.  😳 😳 😳 😳

dwmaggie
Question for Millercarbon or Geofkaitt or any one. Considering a tube amp to run the ESS Heil AMT. I listen at mostly moderate levels. Current amp is Parasound Zamp.3 at 35w per channel. There is a Wavebourn on E for 800+shipping, but only 6 watts. Is that enough power?

>>>>my guess is no. Even though the sensitivity of the ESS Heil AMT is relatively high at 98 dB at one watt, one meter, it’s power handling is 375 watts. So, I suspect 6 watts is not enough. But you never know. Depends on what you listen to and how loud. 

“I live in the Twilight Zone.”

I can vouch for that. 😳

I had five (count em!) Alfas in a row. The most fun of any car to have in the shop. Most had de Dion rear end and rubber couplers separating the segments of the drive shaft. You knew when it was time to get new couplers when you saw one flying down the road in the rear view mirror.

I almost forgot. Nobody said audio nervosa can’t be fun. Think of it like gambling. Sure, it’s an addiction. But it’s fun. Even when you lose it’s still fun.  

There’s a fine line between audio nervosa and just doing what needs to be done. You could even call it housekeeping. Very unstressful. The stress comes when you can’t figure out where to go next or what’s wrong with your system. There’s not enough time left in the world to do what I think needs to be done. If I could explain it to the average bear they’d give me the Nobel prize. Good luck to y’all. 😀 Now, if you’ll please excuse me, I’ve got a plane to catch. A plane going to the future, I only come back here for the breezy chit chat and Wack a Mole. They don’t have audio forums in the future. Talk amongst yourselves. Smoke if ya got em.