Happiness is...


Finding the 1 screw missing from my all metal Hegel H200 remote while cleaning under my couch cushions for the first time in years before I sucked it into the vacuum.... smiley

maprik

.. an afterwork trip to the record store with my father’s day gift certificate. Then finding a 1984 King Crimson Three of a Perfect Pair Winchester pressing that played NM what I got home.

Yes I've seen it a couple of times Happness is a warm gun...Be happy don't worry...love the music that's being played on your systems....just take your head phones off...like the people who walk or jog or run....and have ear pieces or head phones on....just walk or run....with out ,music or stories or books,being read to you....listen to the sounds of the world you walking at....let your ears rest....be natural no sounds...

Happiness is finding a pair of Monitor Audio Gold 200 5G tower speakers for $2500 that were demos at a HiFi shop. Which I did two weeks ago.

@vrao81 100% - being happy with your lot in life, which for me is owning some kind of tube amplification, hence my Audiogon name.  
 

Unfortunately, that concept can be a real struggle when the itch - the bug - upgraditis rears its head and you’ve gotta make some changes in your system.  Whenever I own tube gear, I’m much more content for longer periods of time.  Whenever I own SS amplification, I find myself wanting a change in less than a year.  5 years is usually tops for me to hold onto any amplifier set up.  
 

But a turntable, cassette deck, or cd player I can be content to hold onto until it needs repair or croaks.  Tuners, I like to change up often and now I’ve been without one for the past 3 years with no regrets….

 

Happiness is a major CraigsList score - Paisley Research AE500’s for $75, that I swear could hold their own with $3K ProAc Response 2’s & $3500 Celestion SL700’s….