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Hiatus

Being an addicted audiophile for many (too many) years, I found myself analyzing every parameter of my system and enjoying it less. I started listening less and less until I stopped listening altogether. 
I'm not sure how long the hiatus was, but when I gradually came back to it, I returned as a music lover again.  
How  surprised I am now at how beautiful the music sounds when NOT listening  for audio niceties.  This is true not only when listening to great sounding recordings but also to non audiophile releases, and enjoying them for the music despite whatever deficiencies they present. Even these latter recordings have some positive sonic  qualities that my system produces.

 This is what enjoying your system is all about.

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stuartk
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@rvpiano 

Glad you found your way back to the music! 

@ghdprentice

I think Audiophilia attracts certain types of people. Men for one, but with analytical skills, a love of nuance and subtlety, lots of cuiousity, and definitely somewhat obsessed. Depending on where you are on the scale of obsessed will probably determine if you get dragged too far.

There’s nothing quite like getting "dragged too far" as a way of learning when to back away from obsession.

Likewise, if you haven’t heard your system pushed in directions you don’t like, how can you discover what you do like?

 

 

stuartk
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@tylermunns 

In my case, I consider the processes tedious and frustrating, though certainly enjoyable at times when I can hear that my earnest efforts indeed yielded positive results.

Wow -- this is not an admission I've encountered before!

Glad I'm not the only one. 

The results that can be garnered from the "the troublesome preoccupation with technical minutiae" are undeniably gratifying, but it can be a real pain to get there. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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