For me the big moves are in the past. For the past ten years (I’m now 65), I’ve shifted mostly to DIY audio in order to side-step upgraditus-- by way of modifications that improve and extend the life of already excellent commercial components that have been in my system since the mid-2000s. The major exception has been upgrades to CPU audio-- a technology that continues to advance rapidly. After thirty-some years of systems evolution, it should certainly be reasonable to be near an end-point. I attend a couple of audio shows each year to remind myself that my system is close enough to SOTA. The virus has added further perspective on consumerism.
When in my mid-40s and in an aggressive systems-building mode-- I recall a wise audio salesman describing the typical arc of many of his customers: constant equipment churn during the high income years between 40-50, followed by increasingly painful addictive purchases as income declines, followed by the big sell-off after penurious retirement or a postmortem fire sale by disinterested spouses or children.
At this point in life I am shifting to projects that more fully involve family. Two-up motorcycling with the wife. Working with my son-in-law on a Renegade Hybrids LS3 V-8 conversion to a mid-’80s Lotus Turbo Esprit. When that car is finished it will be a gift to him.
When in my mid-40s and in an aggressive systems-building mode-- I recall a wise audio salesman describing the typical arc of many of his customers: constant equipment churn during the high income years between 40-50, followed by increasingly painful addictive purchases as income declines, followed by the big sell-off after penurious retirement or a postmortem fire sale by disinterested spouses or children.
At this point in life I am shifting to projects that more fully involve family. Two-up motorcycling with the wife. Working with my son-in-law on a Renegade Hybrids LS3 V-8 conversion to a mid-’80s Lotus Turbo Esprit. When that car is finished it will be a gift to him.