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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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sgordon1
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Maybe a measure of satisfaction is when average quality recordings sound “good,” and lousy recordings sound “tolerable.”  The great recordings are icing on the cake.

sgordon1
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OP you are simply bending your words and staying on the merry go round, instead of discovering that hilde45 is offering a most graceful exit.  Hence, you ARE the merry go round, in that you are continuing to demonstrate that you are a prisoner of your own way of thinking.  Suggestion: set your own viewpoints aside, and seek a sincere understanding, as you reread his last post (a few times).

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