Has anyone made the jump to $uper High end and were disappointed?

Read whitecamaross’ thread, " My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each!"

He swaps expensive gear like the rest of us change clothes and has his mind blown by his new gear on a regular basis. His cost is on a generally, but not always, upward trend.

I think part of his frequent amazement is the new factor. What sounds amazing to us at first often becomes only ok after we’ve gotten used to it. I think for most of us the way to go is to have a system we like, but is not the ultimate, and a Tidal subscription, and get our kicks discovering new music instead of buying new gear. On Tidal I listen to a lot of music I would never buy and find a lot of stuff that I enjoy.  Maybe not forever, but it's definitely good for a few listens.

analogluvr,  Would you tell us what components would make up that killer $5k system?  That's not a hostile question, just curious.

Thanks for the reply analogluvr.  I think it would take a very experienced audiophile to put that system together.  It's not a system that someone just getting into good sound or even myself, with some experience, would put together.  It is inexpensive by audiophile standards, though.