I can see that this hobby can quite easily become an obsession. Thankfully due to financial contraints, I couldn't get too carried away. After some soul searching, I got to the point that what I had was good enough. I wasn't in a competition with anyone (although I can be pretty competitive), I just wanted a system I could really enjoy listening to music.
I stopped looking to improve my vintage system a year ago. I spent about 10 years in building, upgrading, tweaking. obsessing, etc. The chase is over, I don't move stuff around, I don't try to tweak more info out of it. I just listen to it and enjoy. I do spend some time and effort in building up my music collection, but thats about it.
If in my local travels if I find a nice peice of equiptment at a giveaway price, I buy it and sell it to recoup some of my previous audio expenses. I think I have finally found some balance in my audio life.
I stopped looking to improve my vintage system a year ago. I spent about 10 years in building, upgrading, tweaking. obsessing, etc. The chase is over, I don't move stuff around, I don't try to tweak more info out of it. I just listen to it and enjoy. I do spend some time and effort in building up my music collection, but thats about it.
If in my local travels if I find a nice peice of equiptment at a giveaway price, I buy it and sell it to recoup some of my previous audio expenses. I think I have finally found some balance in my audio life.