I fully understand the addictive aspect of this hobby and, "maybe", the need for there to be an end point. However this thought also leads to considering other hobbies and the question then comes up - what or where is the end point for these other hobbies? I can't think of any other hobby where the hobbiest declares that -whatever that is- to be the end. Isn't it almost necessarily a quality of any hobby- in order to qualify as a hobby- that you keep working at it? How do you stay interested in anything if it is always the same and you have no interest in doing or having anything different? At one time a friend of mine was considering audio as a hobby and we discussed this choice. I remember telling my friend about how I and my father before me enjoyed this hobby. I also advised him if he decided to move forward with this as a hobby to photograph his money because it will make a nice memory.
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 😂!