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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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mceljo
1,357 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
684 posts
 
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.
cyclonicman
693 posts
 
I can definitely sit down and listen to simple and inexpensive systems without being critical. It also makes me appreciate my gear much more. I will never be jaded because basically the music comes first and I am very aware that I will never have what one would call the ultimate system, if it exists. Most of us cannot say that money is not an object, so we upgrade within our means as well. I can tell you that I will not be upgrading my $5,000 speakers to Wilson Alexandria's.
foster_9
1,638 posts
 
I enjoy the music listening to my boston acoustics computer speakers. When it comes to my main setup in the family room, I just can't seem to get to the point where I'm simply enjoying the music. But I don't feel I'm jaded.
reubent
7,065 posts
 
03-18-11: Zmanastronomy
I'm enjoying the computer system I'm on right now. It's not hi end at all.
It's all about the music.
Zmanastronomy (System | Threads | Answers | This Thread)

Same here. I don't have a system set up right now after being an audiophile for 25+years. I listen on the speakers built into my computer monitor and on a simple headphone rig connected to my computer.

I really enjoy hearing a great system, but for me the music is more important.
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