Hello Mark...
For ’me’ it’s not about the equipment improvements made in this hobby any longer,which by the way,I have enjoyed tremendously for most of my life..but now rather.. how much more the music ’serves my way of life’...instead of ’me serving the gear’..if that makes any sense to you. I don’t enjoy getting all worked up over whether or not my kit sounds as good as it can as in times past,so in that sense,I have hit the proverbial brick wall..jumping off the carousel. I now happily enjoy being more in service to the music I love.. than the means to that end.
With that being said...I use Audiogon more as a resource for the entertainment value and used gear pricing...than for anything else... Horses for courses.
PS...I still love tube rolling. That is one tweak with great merit. 8)
For ’me’ it’s not about the equipment improvements made in this hobby any longer,which by the way,I have enjoyed tremendously for most of my life..but now rather.. how much more the music ’serves my way of life’...instead of ’me serving the gear’..if that makes any sense to you. I don’t enjoy getting all worked up over whether or not my kit sounds as good as it can as in times past,so in that sense,I have hit the proverbial brick wall..jumping off the carousel. I now happily enjoy being more in service to the music I love.. than the means to that end.
With that being said...I use Audiogon more as a resource for the entertainment value and used gear pricing...than for anything else... Horses for courses.
PS...I still love tube rolling. That is one tweak with great merit. 8)