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Ugrade-itis - is there a cure?

If, by some "dark magic" you woke up one day and your system sounded the best you've ever heard it - AND - better than the best system you had ever listened to in a high priced audio store, would you still want to upgrade your components?

If the answer is yes - are you...
  1. an "Audio shop-o-holic"
  2. or just curious as whether that new component will make a difference 
If you are #2 - if you bought a new component and it made NO improvement - would you stop uprading?

Just curious :-)
williewonka
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millercarbon
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bdp24
I'll bet a lot of Audiogoners have systems that are ALREADY better than they need to be in terms of reproducing the mostly mediocre or worse recordings available commercially. The real work is finding good sounding LP's, CD's, etc., ones with sound quality equal to that of the music.


And that's why he charges so much for it. https://www.better-records.com/search_adv.aspx?option=s_name&min_price=1&max_price=&manu...
For your favorite record, and on the right system, totally worth it.
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oregonpapa
4,867 posts
 
I'm done ... except for tweaks.


jl35
3,938 posts
 
+1 oregonpapa 

prof
3,450 posts
 

Never trust an audiophile who says he's "done," until he's six feet under ;-)

inna
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There is no cure I am aware of, nor should there be. When you are done you are already "six feet under", in a manner of speaking.
As for the expenses, many other things are just as or more expensive. The trick is to be able to keep it under control, this doesn't mean stop.
I keep hunting for best pressings too.
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