It just doesn’t seem as exciting anymore, the chase and pursuit of something new with the expectation of the thrill it will bring.
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It's getting harder to let the chase get me excited anymore. I used to think with my next purchase I will finally be there, and I'll have what I have been looking for. I kind of think of it as Audio delusion: a false sense of being. In reality it's only a temporary state until my mind tells me I need something better! LOL
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I always seem to screw things up by upgrading when I have my system sounding the best.
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I started to see the light when every year companies are raising the prices on the same components by 15-20%. This is much higher than 5-7% inflation rate we have seen in the past 4 years. What gives? Greed!
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Heading to Axpona this weekend. Just another sign I haven’t reached my end point. 😂
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Will be interesting to see much the price of admission has changed from moderate to super high end equipment when I get to Chicago later today for Axpona. With the economy and other factors affecting luxury items sales I just don’t see why companies keep pushing the need to build more expensive equipment.” Is there even an end point for them too”?
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Just returned from Axpona and was pleasantly surprised to see a lot of companies displaying more affordable, albeit still costly equipment, that sounded incredible. A lot of what I heard I could live with and be happy with and call it a day. But then again I would still need to attend a support group regularly to fight of the temptation to relapse and buy another last component. 😂
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I believe I have my system right where I need to be now. After returning from Axpona over the weekend and listening to my system again I think I’m on par with 95% of what I heard there. Was thinking while I was listening to PS Audio Fr30 speakers at Axpona that I need to get these but listening to my Focal Maestro EVO’s tonight makes me realize I’d be downgrading if I did. I might just be at my end point!
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I actually think the areas where I haven’t hit the end point are things that can improve what I already have. Example: record flattening device for my LPs.
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I think the Tariffs are going to dictate whether a lot of people stop buying and brake the habit of constantly upgrading their equipment. Once people break the habit it will be hard to jump back on the upgrade path.
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I'm right there with others on settling down and enjoying what I have. I think we place too much emphasis on the equipment not the recordings when something doesn't sound right. Most of the time we should lay blame on the recordings when we feel the need to fix something which seems to never end.
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I think discovering good new music is where money should be spent. With that being said, I have wasted a lot of money on music that isn't that good. This can be said for poor vinyl pressings that seem to be common these days.
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@mksun
Read part of that article and it hits home. It’s a craving for something new, not necessarily better, that is behind the urge make a change.
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@audiodwebe
What level of equipment is it that you have so much? Maybe you could try to sell a lot of it and move up to the next level? LOL, that's not something a person who has reached the end point wants to hear!
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One area I know for sure I’ve reached my end point is expensive unnecessary tweak's that everyone seems to producing these days.
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Caught myself almost buying something new that I probably don’t need but like a lot of purchases was an act of want not need!
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Though I will probably never stop purchasing audio related stuff moving forward it will be discretionary to say the least. Done are the days of piss…. away money on tweaks and unnecessary gimmick products especially isolating devices and other so called breakthrough products!
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Here I go again buying more cables. Just when I said no more I find a deal too good to pass up. 😂
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I think if you are an Audiophile there’s never going to be final end point. Audiophiles will always find a need to fix something. It’s an inherent gene that we all carry! 😂
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