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When is your Hifi good enough?

Just wondering what makes people tick in regards to determining when things sound "good enough"?

For me I have a vision in my mind of how things should sound based on what I have heard over the years.  Once it sounds that way, I am done.   I can still enjoy listening to other sounds or sounds that omit some things I might want otherwise but if I do not get regular samplings of "that sound" I probably start to wonder.
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mapman OP
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"As long as I can listen to a poor-quality recording, and hear through the flaws, and instead feel like I am hearing what the artist and recording/mastering engineers were trying to accomplish, I am happy."

That's a great one.  Spoken like a true OHM man, B.
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mapman OP
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"God's greatest gift to mankind (followed closely by dogs ;-). "

I'd add family and leave it at that.

My dog loves to sit calmly and listen to my hifi. with me.    Go figure.  He's a typical hyper Jack Russell Terrier....does not happen very often.
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leog2015
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Never, you know...
rikkitik
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When it's a quarter to 11:00pm, you're listening, thinking..."just one more" and you know you have to be up at 5:00am.
 If this becomes a regular occurrence, I'd say you're there.
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jl35
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it's never good enough and it's always more than good enough...can always be improved, but as long as that doesn't distract my total enjoyment at what I have, all is well...
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