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Is it really the system?


It’s been going on for years now. One of these, two of those, another yadayada… and I’m done. But then you find out you aren’t quite done after all.

Not yet. Not quite…

Is it a slippery sound you chase? A finite exceptional tonality which continues to elude? Is your happiness continually percieved to be in a thing still on the horizon, and not yet in the nest?

Is there indeed a light at the end of the tunnel, or is it a train?

Why keep pressing onward if by so many accounts and your own, the current system’s presentation is great now?

Or in other words perhaps, Enthusiast, Audiophile, or Gear hound? Just where do you hang your hat?

Or have you indeed hung it up for good?
blindjim
jb8312
247 posts
 
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
mrtennis
3,295 posts
 
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.
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dave_b
3,159 posts
 
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.
blindjim OP
3,092 posts
 
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.
usblues
1,217 posts
 
I was out there,I know my values,I have seen my views.As soon as I'm done writing my report,I'm heading back to where life is free,easy,clean,simple,cheap.You know,the cuckoos nest.Just like that guy in King of Hearts.......
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