How does one get off the merry-go-round?

WOW!

Frank, you've got my attention - keep talking.

This thread is nearing its eighth birthday and still remains unresolved for many including, presumably, its author. So, is there an answer?

I'm not rotating like I used to - certainly I've slowed the circles down - but I also have unresolved issues with my system. There are no areas of glaring dissatisfaction. There are no important reasons why I couldn't just stop right now. But there remains a curiosity about what could be improved, about how I might achieve the same results from less complexity or less investment. Or how to refine what I have just a little more.

It all leads me ultimately to conclude that I will never be completely satisfied and I may as well just call it a day and live with what I have. In the final analysis (had to fit that word in here somehow) the problem really is with me and not the system. My expectations are driving this madness. They're the cause of perpetual grinding about what to do next or whether or not to do anything at all.

Ultimately it seems that until we transfer the focus from our systems to ourselves, we will be treating the wrong patient.

Wouldn't that be deliciously ironic? Lets start an audio buyers recovery meeting here. We could combine it with a weight watchers type program and score points for selling equipment and lose points for buying.

We would all tell our stories and say how long it had been since our last purchase and how we had gotten started innocently enough in this self-destructive behavior in the first place.

No fair blaming The Beatles.

It doesn't work to relocate from one temptation to another. Any AA person will tell you that there is no geographical cure.
First you have to admit that you are powerless over audio.
Then watch your behavior - you will find yourself rationalizing and finding ways to cheat or bumping up against circumstances that have to be considered unavoidable. These are signs of denial. (Yeah, I know it's a river). Some of you will turn to religion to escape your bonds. Others will transfer to another obsession like computer audio.

Ultimately, the only way out is through. You have to confront your self and your fears. You must give up your suckle. Wean yourself. Pull the plug. There is no gentle way.

Now go have a drink.

Drastic suggestion. Surely you are not serious.

And besides being foolish, such a move guarantees no cure. It merely assigns your blame to another temporarily.

Remember, you cannot escape yourself.

It does no good to stop blaming your speakers and start blaming your wife. The problem will stay with you.

I think Drubin is talking about not going round and round any longer. He didn't mention leaving the amusement park

It's all predicated on the immature fear that we are missing something. Is there more to be had? Can I make it all mo betta? It's like striving for a higher high and needing to perpetually "up the dose".
No wonder it feels addictive and no wonder we feel like we are going around and around. No wonder we all knew exactly what drubin was saying when he used the term "merry-go-round".

We found half measures to be of no avail.............just close your eyes and jump. At some point the merry go round ceases to be fun.