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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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shadorne
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Until you reach the point that you try anything or hear any other system at a dealer and think "this is way worse than my current setup"...

Until you reach the point where you can put on a good recording like Maceo Parker "Made by Maceo" and sit back and enjoy what sounds just like live music...

Until you recognize that NOT every recording is going to sound real and that real sounding recordings are rare...
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shadorne
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Until you realize that a good system is ONLY so that you can better hear the skill of the musicians as if they were there with you in the room..

Until you realize it is NOT about impressive bass or impressive anything...

Until you realize it is all about balance...
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shadorne
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If i honestly asked myself which i prefer more, to listen to music or tweak my system, i would have to sadly answer the latter.

It's surely a guy thing. If you tweak your system too much you'll go blind.
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