Has this ever happened to you?

I think that is a good learning experience. Let me say upfront that I don't really consider myself an audiophile. I'm in my late 70's and my high frequency hearing is gone. Nothing past 10k hz and my left ear is about 40% down.

I, as many do, spent most of my life searching for the next and greatest component. Beyond a certain point, this becomes a fool's errand because perfection will never be found. We must all decide, within the limits of our own budget and time when we can be happy with what we have. This should be a hobby and not an obsession. I am currently very happy (yea right) with my current system that costs far less than what some spend on speaker cables. To me, perspective is key. I grew up in the late 50's and 60's listening to music on a fold out suitcase stereo or the AM portable hanging from the rearview mirror of my "56 Mercury. Now I enjoy a system with clarity and knock you back in your seat bass that is so far above what I used to have that I can't help but grin when I turn it on.

Yeah, yeah...better stick with those 3 recordings on repeat. I bet i could even go nostradamus on what recordings need to run on repeat for the "Wow, THIS is the sound i’ve...".

Has it ever happened to you that you sit down to listen to your system one day and just go “Wow!”, THIS is the sound I have been looking for? I have recently been hyper focused on incremental improvements that I have been making, and was really just listening to “the sound” of new components or cables but not actually listening to the music. Recently, I sat down to listen to music, and I am hearing exactly what I had hoped it should like in my listening room. I am feeling something new for me in this hobby for really the first time - contentment.

Curious the hear about your experiences.

kn

@deep_333 so what is your experience in the realm of audio satisfaction?  Are you happy with your system?

Hyperfocus on hitting some performance peak point with the best couple of recordings is a ridiculous trap, setting yourself up to not enjoy music.

When you focus instead on making a wide variety of music ( differing quality of recordings included) enjoyable, the way you set up rigs will be different.

@deep_333 so what is your experience in the realm of audio satisfaction?  Are you happy with your system?

Not often enough...