Is it really the system?

Thanks Joe A, and thanks Newbie

odd, no one has picked a tag outright.

I've been all sorts of the ones I listed. I've been the "I'm buying stuff I don't need, with money I don't got, to impress folks I have not even met yet!"... To the considerate selective, know it all, which knows for sure this next do jiggy will be the deal.

both of those are ego driven, the former more so than the latter... but then no one really does know until you do the deal. There's the rub for me. At some point recently I asked me, How good is good enough? An honest assessment and answer changed my focus shourtly thereafter.

I'll hang the Enthusiast tag on myself now. I'm not nearly as picky as I was just a handful of years ago, and know less now than I did back then too. Money dictates Gear hounding is not on the thing to do list either. That was always a means to an end anyhow.

RE Goal
Mine was ambiguous enough. Put together the best sounding rig Iv'e ever had, that possesses all the sonic atrtributes I crave. For all intents and purposes I feel I'm near there now.

I thought here, to cast a scant light onto the nut behind the wheels' motivation and perspective (s).

If I don't pay attention, mine can stray and lose focus.

After 20 or so years, all of which started with a pair of ADS speakers and a Hafler kit for amp and pre, I am done.

I have not changed a thing since purchasing my speakers...and although I toy with the idea of moving up the product line of VA speakers, I still stay put. And since NuForce produced the V2 board, no need to look beyond my current amps.

I will say that being a "reviewer", I get to play with new and different stuff a lot which seem to quash and desire to move on....

It is really great when all you have to do is listen to music and not think of terms of "what is next"...

Good luck, jtb

the quest is more important than its realization.

i am seeking a particular presentation. when and if i achieve it gear will be irrelevant. if i achieve my goal i can't say i will listen more. the challenge is highly motivating. without challenges, life is boring.

If an individual truly loved music for what the artist(s) intended, they would get goosebumps hearing it over an AM radio. We who venture farther serve more ourselves than the music...that is a form of subversion. Pure appreciation can be had via any medium. With this precept as a jumping off point, the road we travel should be in service of said music...all else is pretense.

There's absolutely nothing I love better than straight forward answers.

So it appears in the 'it's you' vs 'it's the rig', the 'it's you' lead the pack.