The Psychology of Constant (Equipment) Change


Anybody have an answer?

I have a decent selection of preamps, amps, integrateds and speakers to choose from and I find myself swapping out gear constantly.  And it's not because anything sounds bad.  Quite contrary, really.

After most swapping sessions, I'm generally really satisfied and quite enjoy the sound quality.  But within a few weeks I'm swapping stuff out again.

What would be the diagnosis for my condition?

 

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Thanks, everyone for your thoughts and suggestions.

I appreciate all of you.

Looking through some of these posts, tt appears that you received therapy, counseling and crash courses on human psychology, geopolitics, medicine, etc, etc.

The gon gonged hard on this one, it seems, 😁

As i explained in my posts, the OP do not suffer probably at all of any psychological problem.

I was in the same situation when i did not know how to optimize mechanically, electrically and acoustically a system/room ... Most people dont know sorry, it is easy to verify that they dont experiment generally save buying gear,..😊

Most people buy gear , they said that they like it but soon in a short time begin anew to be frustrated if the acoustical balance defect is evident but if the system is too bland they enter into boredom and they think to upgrade again as a solution...

Juggling with gear pieces is not the solution to begin with sorry most of the times...

It is not a psy problem OP , it is an acoustics problem ( with an (s) dear Hilde45 then not room acoustic merely )

Am i am wrong ?

Then why am i not only am i happy but borderline acoustically and musically ecstatic each day?

Rightfull optimization of what we have BEFORE upgrading...

Minimal acoustic satisfaction because of a good balance between acoustics factors EXCLUDE boredom with the sound by definition of what it is in acoustic concepts : ASW/LV = immersiveness  

There exist other mechanical factors... Speakers vibrate and enter resonance... Their porthole trust me is not well designed in most case etc....

the electrical factors are numerous ...

 

 

That’s great that you’re so happy !!’ Though many of us are just as happy, and have gone about things very differently than you …

My post is not about my happiness it is about the way we must experiment and study concepts in acoustics ( no not mere room acoustic Hilde45) BEFORE buying gear pieces call upgrade ...

There is only one way to install a system....

A race toward buying the costlier piece of gear is not the solution... because we must understand how to install anything before throwing money for costlier piece ...

 

What is your solution ?

Calling a psy for the OP suffering from compulsive disorder which is probably not the case or advising him to read "absolute sound" magazine and buying 30,000 bucks speakers ?

Advising him to concentrate on music with a boring sound experience ?

What do you propose ?😊

I propose the OP for example experiment with speakers resonance control ...To begin the fun with experimenting ...

 

That’s great that you’re so happy !!’ Though many of us are just as happy, and have gone about things very differently than you …