Have you reached your end point with this addictive hobby?


I wonder if out there somewhere there’s a support group called Audiophile Anonymous 😂 that addresses Audiophiles constant need for perfection. For my self I would probably benefit from a couple of these group sessions. Putting humor aside there’s some truth to this hobby being addictive and at some point there has to be an end point where you are there and the need to upgrade serves no useful purpose. I can’t say I’m 100% there yet, but something inside me tells me I’m getting close to hitting rock bottom and when I do maybe I’ll see the light, or maybe not 😂!

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There is always another level. However, I do think I’m starting to get to the levels where diminishing returns are definitely a factor. I have my headphone set up near the 99.9% and my home theater and 2-channel. Audio is definitely in the 99% For what most people would consider. However, I’m among people that are very sick like me with severe audio addiction and spending 90k on equipment is easily done. 

I’m just finishing building out my latest rounds of equipment and it is all coming together very nicely in the next few weeks. Then at that point it will be time for me to enjoy the music and the movies and not worry about the upgrade bug. 

I work in consumer technology so I’m always dealing with the latest and greatest technology and it’s very hard for me to avoid the upgrade bug. But I tend to go in spurts. So I definitely will be chasing more upgrades in the future. My addiction will never be cured as long as I’m alive. The only thing that will cure it is a bank account with no money and even then I have a hard time with priorities.....lol

Time to work on some of my other hobbies outside of music for a little while, but I’ll be back again when the bar has been raised and I get to the FOMO!