I love this topic.i think every thing in life is worth going the extra mile.researching the audio industry asking questions making decisions reading others interaction and weighing it all .listening to friends systems asking questions.all is mentally stimulating and is great for the human body .enjoy the search ,and the music.tay healthy
It's easy to lose track of the music if you're constantly obsessed with upgrading.
Those of us who 1) are first and foremost music lovers and 2) do not have unlimited funds to devote to the hobby can aim for "good enough" and be satisfied.
When I see people unloading gear that I aspire to, it's a reminder that we will never be satisfied. Even the most revealing, cohesive systems will have days when they fail to get us to that place, so we have to accept dissatisfaction with the knowledge that there are good/great days ahead, without changing anything, and it will all come together again.
I just think at some point you have to say, this is good enough? For me, I have 4 intergrated I rotate. This way I never bore of the same presentation.
Every time I successfully upgrade something, that wonderful new sound becomes the new baseline from which I evaluate possible new improvement. Each increase in resolution reveals more things that could be better. And on it goes.
people with enough money to upgrade have let this take over their ability to just focus on the music.
I didn’t say that.
What I did say:
It’s easy to lose track of the music if you’re constantly obsessed with upgrading
... which can be a problem even if one has little to spend. It’s just that one can get much more carried away with endless gear chasing if one has lots to spend.
I never said that having a large audio budget inherently leads to endless gear chasing or necessarily inhibits appreciation for music. There are forum members who I very much respect who have much more costly systems than I’ll ever have AND who clearly love music.
It’s easy to lose track of the music if you’re constantly obsessed with upgrading
... which can be a problem even if one has little to spend. It’s just that one can get much more carried away with endless gear chasing if one has lots to spend.”
We share this....impulse that drives what to draw closer than front row, onto the stage where we can move about the players as the melodies unwind about one.....
There exists degrees of 'perfection' that may be beyond my means, but that excludes what I currently enjoy as much as I do....while I pursue a personal project that actually works while I explore how to improve it ....
The impulse to "explain ourselves" is particularly widespread on internet forums. It is of course a feature of human interactions always, but the forums give everyone the luxury of avoiding the hazards of direct, face to face interaction or confrontation.
We are animals who have been naturally selected to be confrontational as a matter of survival. It's fascinating to have a daily record of it - in writing and on the dotted line. It "lingers in the air" far longer than it does spoken face to face. Let us give both thanks and regret.
Yes, in that the way you just described it is somewhat poetic in its description. We all (well, most) describe things not as they are but in an embellished manner so as to elicit something pleasant that others can relate to, or something like that. 😄
@nonoise, *s* I’ve a tendency to wander off on the keys, but make an attempt to make my babbling at minimum ’pleasant’ to trudge through...
...if it wasn’t for ’allusions’ that teeter off into illusions that do trigger "...wtf is he off on Now?!" I’d be near normal in some fashion....*not*L*
@bolong....Not dead yet....In an ICU this side of the rainbow somewhere... ;)
@tooblue.....and with that in mind and in hand, ’minimalism’ is a Good Thing overall... 👍 Less to keep track of, to have break, to wonder what drove one to acquire in the first place....
I should aspire towards that in my stack of audioexcess. but it fills current desires and plans....mine, anyway. 😏
If I set the spouse up with a ’push (in order) this, then that, and remote the volume’ she’s happy.....and Life is Chill for awhile...
@deep_333... *wry s*...I'll thank you for the 'hero' comment, but no....
Of late I feel more like the half-dead canary in the mine, tired of 'snorts' from the 'rough crowd' gathered and catcalling.....or silent, rough indeed....
I also believe that budget restrictions can have a positive influence.
Within certain limits.
There is a sort of "minimum benchmark" of quality where glaring problems disappear and are replaced by tweaking. Besides, replacing components willy nilly every couple of months, doesn't guarantee that you will be any happier than the person that is methodical and informed about his purchases.
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