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The quest for sound vs. music

 The quest for perfect sound Is so voracious that it devours the enjoyment of music.  
After you’ve reached a point where you can enjoy music on your system, no more tweaks are necessary. Any further improvements are superfluous.  The problem Is, if Hifi is your hobby you want to actively involve yourself in it.  You can’t sit back and leave it alone.  If you stop twiddling with it, it ceases to be an active hobby. That’s where the contradiction is.  The enjoyment of music ceases to be the goal.  The “hobby” predominates.
If you can listen for the music, everything falls into place.  The work you’ve done assembling your system has paid off and you can revel in how beautiful the music is.

But, your hobby is over.
rvpiano
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uberwaltz
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I might even go as far as to say that it is music that is the hobby and that the hifi and the media are just tools to enable the hobby of music.
So truly you should never be done with the hobby of music.

Just my musings as sitting here enjoying Toto.
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slaw
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My overall goal is to enhance my listening experience. I feel at this point I have the room, electronics to satisfy me in order to enjoy my listen sessions.

You have to have these two things pretty much to your liking before more focus can be on more great music, which I’ve been doing.

There’s nothing wrong with working on decoupling at this point which further enhances the experience and brings your electronics (which you have a great investment in) to a higher degree of transparency.

Right now, my spending and motivation is focused on music more than equipment.

It’s up to each individual listener to the degree they are satisfied.
edcyn
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I see uberwaltz's observation and double it.  To me, it's the music that is the obsession.  From the material itself to the means of reproducing it...and that includes playing a couple...okay, more than a couple...of musical instruments.
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slaw
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Around 30 years ago, I bought a Pioneer direct drive tt. Later on I met a guy who introduced me to the (high end). There was at that time an importer in California called Japanese Stereo. I bought my first cart from them. It was a Denon 103, for $55.00, half the retail elsewhere. When I installed it, it was a revelation! Then I discovered MFSL. I bought my first from them, Led Zeppelin. WOW! I was hooked! Then I knew how much a quality record could enhance a listening experience. BTW, back then, MFSL, single lps were $12.99.
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slaw
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@rvpiano,

Go start your own (exciting) forum.
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