How many of us are truly satisfied with their systems?

I had thought of upgrading both my systems because of a weakness in the treble. Once I inserted Canare 4S11 speaker cables upon the recommendation of a fellow Audiogoner into both systems and let them cook each for 500 hours, I realized my system was now perfect for my taste. Gone was the slight dullness in the treble and now my bass which was good before has now become truly spectacular. I spent a grand total of $240.00 for a 15 foot pair and a 25 foot pair of the cables with locking bananas. It blew away my $1500.00 pair of long term speaker cables.

I really find it hard to believe that changing to a much cheaper speaker cable would let my system truly shine through. I can’t think of a thing I would want to change in either system. Well, perhaps a Dynavector DV20XL cartridge to replace the DL103 and a new pair of phono cables for the Technics TT.  The VPI phono cable I am using now is getting long in the tooth.

25' long speaker cables? No wonder you're losing treble. 

Very satisfied for the most part. It would be nice to test new arms and cartridges, or swap in a test phono amp etc. I guess it's like fancying a bit of strange but hanging with what you've got.

I’d wager that ...at first.. we go for the best we can get -- to. Pushing for perfection.

Then, over time...we finally arrive at --- the least amount of annoyance that we can stand.

That satisfaction, is, quite likely, in the real world... in the long run: not owning and lording it over the grass as a god (as we can never get there), but ...keeping it cut back as much as possible.. and... just letting it go.

That perfection, like the grass, like us, like the world...is a moving target. A rust that never sleeps, if you will.

Where...you will always be mowing the lawn, but it is your outlook that governs satisfaction - not the grass. And coming to understand that, is the key. As you can’t solve the grass. You can only solve yourself.