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I need help with my Equipment addiction

I can't leave well enough alone. My most disappointing days are days like today where I sit down to listen to my system, drink some wine, and unwind and... the system sounds great. I hate that. Nothing to tweak, everything is intergrating well: Clear highs, check. Fast, deep bass, check. Digital sound good with weight and impact, Check. Vinyl sound deep and well rounded with extended highs and excellent speed, check.

That's when the trouble starts. I start thinking, "What if changed cartridges?" "Well then I need a step up transformer, or a seperate MC phono stage", "Maybe I should just look at new preamps, even thbough I love mine now", "Then I need a separate phono preamp, I've always wanted an ARC preamp", then "Hey then I could buy an ARC tube amp for the high end of the Maggies and get bi-amp them"

Does it ever stop? How can I stop the cycle? I think I'm going to drink some more wine.
macdadtexas
vinylmeister
68 posts
 
Hehehe, try to determine how to upgrade the wine, like Italian instead of French or a more vintage one
jim_swantko
301 posts
 
First step, delete this website from your favorites list!! :)
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flg2001
543 posts
 
I started collecting wrist watches to stop buying-selling audio gear (I regret selling MANY of them) - now I have two monsters to feed!!!!
ajackson1
156 posts
 
Relocate to he Amazon forest. The only music is the birds. Well, may be you may start collecting birds there too.
Parrots, doves, vultures etc. they all sing different tunes.
phd
1,282 posts
 
Macdadtexas, unfortunately most audiophiles do this to a varying degree but you need to recognize that the law of dimenishing returns do apply and realize that many future tweaks can do more harm than good in some cases. This is especially true if you were happy with your system to begin with. Change out the preamp and you can find yourself searching for a more compatible amp plus interconnects, etc.

It is possible to substitute one addiction for another. For example get compulsive about buying music instead of gear. A co-worker told me one time that he don't have any problems because he don't quit nothing but that is a different perspective.
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