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Merry go round

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rvpiano

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I was on the audiophile merry go round of never being satisfied with my system, compulsively tweaking and changing equipment, searching for perfection  for quite a number of years. But despite all the conflict I have come out of the ordeal with a system that, I  can honestly say, portrays the music accurately.  So in many ways,  it wasn’t a waste of time and money.
 The trick is,  once you have found a system that satisfies you, stop agonizing over the sound. You’ve reached Nirvana, where all you have to do is sit back and enjoy your music in glorious sound. If there are sound defects, SO WHAT!  The fault is NOT in your system. You’ve reached your system’s benchmark sound and anything that strays from that is the fault of the medium. Even ENJOY the faulty track for the great music that lies within.  I’m sure you’ll even find some  niceties of sound that exist.   
I'm not saying that I’ll never buy another “upgrade.”  But, as of now, I don’t see the need.
For those who listen only for SQ, enjoy the quest.
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mihorn
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@mihorn - Personally, I'd never care about 'perfect original sound'; not being in the studio with the producer, I would have no idea what that was, and it might not sound good in my listening room. I just want something that sounds good to me with details and a bit of excitement thrown in.. 

I started hi-end audio like you.

I always have a pretty big audio system from late 70's. I was happy with those sounds 1st 20 years. However, when I have money and time, I wanted have a serious sound system and I wasted money and effort like many people. If I knew that there is a limit in sound (all recordings are flawed), I could save lots of time and money.

Alex/Wavetouch audio

mihorn
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OP Merry go round

You are right about "merry-go-round".

The worst a’phile trap is that a’philes believe with money, effort, and some luck, their systems will sound close to a perfect original sound. I promise it won’t happen. Has anyone in history achieved a close to the perfect reproduction sound? No.

Why not? All recordings sound distorted, bright and dirty because all microphones in the world sound distorted, noisy, and bright. There is no way even a perfect audio system will sound great with bad original recordings.

Though any one who can build a perfect audio system, he could build a perfect sound microphone since speaker and microphone have same technology. Think why all best mics are from 1940’s and 50’s.

So, if you have a musical system and want to upgrade, be prepared to come back to the current system in case a new one doesn’t sound as musical.

Alex/Wavetouch audio

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