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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.
rvpiano

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@hilde45

Yes, I totally agree that experimenting with different sounds is fun, and part of the hobby. So long as it doesn’t turn into a quest for perfection. It’s a totally different thing

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@sns 

+1

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@Hilde45

I agree with you. There is no one objective way to perceive a recording. Of course there are many flavors of sound that may be acceptable. I’m not speaking of one objective sound reality. A recording is an artifact unique unto itself. It has its unique sound stamp. When I say “portrays the music accurately” I’m not saying it portrays the original sound accurately. I’m saying it delivers the musical message in a realistic way without distortion of original signal,

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@hilde45 

Do you agree with sgordon1 on his assessment of my post?

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@hilde45

My point is a very simple one. I didn’t mean for it to cause a hullabaloo!

When I say accurate, I mean that my system now sounds like the music I hear at a concert hall. I’m not probing the meaning of the word accurate. I’m using it in a very general sense.  Maybe I should have used the word resembled.

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