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I need help with my Equipment addiction

I can't leave well enough alone. My most disappointing days are days like today where I sit down to listen to my system, drink some wine, and unwind and... the system sounds great. I hate that. Nothing to tweak, everything is intergrating well: Clear highs, check. Fast, deep bass, check. Digital sound good with weight and impact, Check. Vinyl sound deep and well rounded with extended highs and excellent speed, check.

That's when the trouble starts. I start thinking, "What if changed cartridges?" "Well then I need a step up transformer, or a seperate MC phono stage", "Maybe I should just look at new preamps, even thbough I love mine now", "Then I need a separate phono preamp, I've always wanted an ARC preamp", then "Hey then I could buy an ARC tube amp for the high end of the Maggies and get bi-amp them"

Does it ever stop? How can I stop the cycle? I think I'm going to drink some more wine.
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martykl
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I'm pretty sure that you're not obsessing enough over the wine. If you get way deep into Burgundy, you'll have another endless cash drain. If you're already way deep into Burgundy, there's always small batch, late harvest riesling from Germany or 50+ year old Barolo from that small group of traditional producers.

It seems to me that you're not really trying....

Marty

PS Good luck, but this game really is "no win" by its nature.
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