Is it ever enough?


It strikes me that continuing to tinker can be either positive or a negative for a given individual. When I make changes intending them as a remedy for something deficient, I don’t always know if that emerges from an inability to be satisfied and happy with what I have, or as a legitimate process of improvement.
For me, the question of when is my system excellent enough to simply sit back and listen to it for the rest of my life is difficult to ascertain.
Obviously, a lot of people don’t care about this and simply enjoy trying to perfect their sound, independent of any such concerns. And, of course, there’s nothing wrong with that, or it’s opposite, which I would call being satisfied on a budget, or perhaps having the benefit of less discerning ears in terms of budgetary effect.
Anyway, I’m curious, if anyone else is interested in this topic, to hear what they think. If the topic doesn’t interest you, you’re probably better off responding to someone else’s post.
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Mike - congrats on thinking about retirement, it’s a transition. I spend wayyyyy more time on music and giving back than gear. I have had a lot of stability in my core reference system. The churn and itch is in another system.

Best to you

Jim
@ebm the endless pursuit of better across myriad interests. Even brevity, you could work on that…get it down to two words…


What else would ya be doing ?

Swinging a perfectly balanced double on a bird

Working in telepathy with a bird dog who forgives your miss, to a point

Dialing in camber for a tenth

Barrel tasting for sport, and a tweak

Putting eight big kings in the box by 8 am and pointing Das Boot at you halibut hole waypoint 26 nm away…

Rolling tube dampers into your 85A2 tubes, because you can

Searching out a Zevon Compton promo pressing hot stamper, because a buddy turned you on to it…

Treadmill, saltmine, or THE reason for life…your call 100%

You can sleep when you are dead