too much hype in audio


does anybody remember when it was about the love of music & not the quest for perfection?

i remember when i could listen to my rig for 8 to 10 hrs & be completly involved in the music but now it seems that i spend more time cleaning & upgrading than i do listening.

what is it about this hobby that makes alot uf us this way?
anybody else feel like they have lost sight of the reason they got into hifi in the first place?
128x128bigjoe

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Joe:

It always has been about the music ... but time that I would devote to other hobbies (and even work) was spent differently prior to the Internet. Like magic, I could now shop both conveniently and less expensively anywhere in the country. Also, I now had access to both more information and people to chat with ... so, I was better educated ... I could now spend hours discussing cables, of all things. Even though I live in NYC, the number of choices available to me was still limited and simple (low end purchase at the Wiz; mid end purchase at Harveys; high end purchase at Sound by Singer and a few magazines each month). That has so changed now. Without the internet, this whole exchange wouldn't be possible.

Regards, Rich