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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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hoodjem
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Years ago, I had.  
I had a wonderful JRDG preamp paired with a Cary CAD-280 tube power amp.  Wonderful remote controllability married to 2/3 triode and 1/3 ultralinear EL-34 sound. 

 
The sound from my ML CLS speakers was so musical, so seductive, and so beguiling. I wished for nothing.

 

Then when a tube (or tubes) would start to go bad, the expectant anxiety would begin.  Ruining my bliss. 

Then we moved. I put it all in storage, saved up my nickels.
When we finally settled, I had enough saved up to buy an endgame set of SS Pass monoblocks.  Warmish but no tube noise.  No anxiety. 
 

So now, I’m not really on the endless treadmill of upgrades.  Just doing some long-needed tweaking of power cords, etcetera. 

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