How good is good enough?


Most of us here cannot afford six figure prices for each component (assuming that will bring the best sound.) So how far do we want to go to improve our systems? There are always bigger fish. When does it stop? It stops when we say it stops, when our gear brings us satisfaction. To constantly strive for better sound is an endless quest, not necessarily based on the quality of our set but on our personality.

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For me, "good enough" is when a system covers at least most of the full frequency range, with realistic soundstaging, imaging, dynamics and transparency and no obvious sonic flaws.  When I close my eyes it captures 90% or more of the live-music experience.

At a certain point the quality of the recordings that we enjoy is more of a limitation than our gear or maybe even our listening rooms.  I think a lot of pro recording gear, especially in times past, isn't of as high quality as audiophile gear.

I consider my current system good enough.  It's mainly reading forums like this one that even makes me consider upgrading.