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Have you become too jaded with this hobby???

Greetings fellow A'goners.After posting a reply to a question in another forum section I started pondering if this was happening to me.I had put together a modest system that one of my coworkers(who happens to play bass in a band that just opened for Dokken & is getting ready to cut thier first record for a major lable)was completely blown away by.He had NEVER heard a stereo system that sounded so good according to him & decided he wanted me to help him build a system.A short while later I screwed up & killed my integrated amp so I sold off everything in the name of the almighty upgrade.After my reply in the other forum I now wonder if I am heading down the slippery slope of diminishing returns...So my question to all of you is this:Have you become so jaded by this hobby that you can NOT sit down in front of a VERY simple,inexpensive but well put together & set up system without disecting everything you hear & only focusing on what the system does NOT do,or can you still just listen to a simple VERY inexpensive system or a small portable radio & still enjoy the music?I look forward to your replies,Take care...
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meiwan
399 posts
 
I used to have a $25k system and got bored with it - sold off everything and gave up on 2 channel except for a very modest one box system for my office. Decided I miss it, so set a budget of $2k per piece, built up a nice computer based system and have never been happier. I think diminishing returns really start to kick in after that which don't add to my enjoyment of the music, just my desire for bigger and better.
mechans
3,048 posts
 
Yes of course it is about the music BUT also this hobby is about the tools used to reproduce the music to our liking. There is no need to place value statements on people who like the equipment and the music. This is not afterall a musical appreciation site, just check out the forum topics!
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driver
750 posts
 
What Mechans said.
mceljo
1,351 posts
 
The reality is that there's always something better...well, at least different...out there. The only way to be satisfied with your system is to avoid listening to other similar or better systems. I you don't, you'll suffer from envy of having a different or better sound. Only go shopping when you're really looking to purchase rather than just planning to look.

My friends are amazed at the sound of my system and few have ever heard anything better. I've almost stopped looking at audio equipment because it just makes me want more and I have more than enough to be satisfied.
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uru975
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The only time I really get down to dissecting the music as to what is going on and how is when I am totally involved with it. The more involved I get the more I listen closely, for all the little things that are or aren't there. Did s/he miss a note, do I care, how did that bit come about?
Music pulls me in, have sat fitfully through recitals where the performance was miserable and the encores outstanding and worth it.
Yet a simple car radio or my computer and a pair of logitech speakers also satisfies me. It is the music first and foremost.
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