Can one ever be "done" in this hobby?

Interesting topic. NO doubt this is two hobbies, music and gear. If it is a hobby can it ever be over? Would you want it to be over? I have other hobbies, scale R/C model airplane for example. We have a saying; "It's finished when you stop working on it". Is there anyone who does NOT use the same handful of excerpts to evaluate a new component? This is not the music hobby. With Tidal, Roon and Idagio we have countless new musics to explore, all with the best sound we can wring out of our system at the moment. 

Dohanian.

Methinks you are correct and that has been said before in the thread.

I would like to think I am not at a stage with my gear that I can concentrate on the other side of the hobby which is just the music and enjoy.

However sites like this and Ebay do not help resist the temptation … lol.

Do items like new cartridges for existing turntables count as upgrades or can I just consider them "essential needs"!

thecarpathian,

I may be wrong but I remember Alfa Romeo Spiders having just that written on them (except the number for displacement, or Veloce on some iterations, maybe Graduate in the U.S.A. to capitalize on the movie, etc.). I think Alfa Romeo model was actually called Spider while some other brands had "model+ spider" (124 Spider, for example). Sort of, Alfa Romeo Spider pinpointing to just one model.

I just remembered how we ended up with this topic. It was because of the Queen song. Ok, not too far from audio.

Also, no matter what model the car, it must have had a stereo in it....the question is, did Roger Taylor feel the need to upgrade it? (Just trying to stay on topic, lest I offend any audio deities looking down upon me...)

thecarpathian,

I’d guess he did need to make it louder. Double the amount if it was convertible. I am not sure how it affected soundstage, though, but there was a fuse box in the front so miracles were just a pop of the cover away.