Are all Audiophiles masocists?

mijostyn, Get the book, or read online ...  The RULES - Velominati. if you are not already familiar with it. 

cd318....*S* And also, quite true.  We do wake hopeful....have to.

We do have enough days that ones' feet can't hit the floor fast enough.

There's also the *meh* days:
-Start good, go south in varied ways 'n means
-The inverse of that, begin not so but make up for it overall.

It's Those Days....when one would rather pull the covers up and cocoon oneself and wait for the next and preferable one....

...where exiting becomes more an act of faith, bravery, sheer determination, or utter abandon or surrender.

Those Days suck.

The only way they get worse is a firing squad waiting for you.

Those Really Suck.

Mho...the last 2 delve into the Masocist Zone.

Audioholics skirt the upper edge of the MZ, like surfers on storm surf....

"OMG, I've (fallen out of love/begun to detest/made an enormous error/(fill in blank) with the/this (fill in subject equipment).

Now, I'm faced with (replacing X) and (convincing self)(convincing spouse)(rationalizing this)(selling/trading/burying X in closet/backyard/trash fire) and determining what would make the remainder return to desired satisfactory status..."

Doing this occasionally.....fine.
Doing this yearly....mmmOK.
Doing this a lot?

You enjoy it.
Leather, whips, and 'restraints' would be cheaper in the long run, butt...

As long as you 'do' this in our company (obviously, the audio, please), we understand....

*poor devil...tsk*

...feel free to PM us the vids of the latter, though...;)

Salaciously yours, J

(FGS, I am kidding...I don't want the latter...the evening news is torture enough....)

Get a proper tube amp, a non-oversampling DAC and enjoy the music and stop chasing new gear.

We seem to be a bit condescending too. LOL

In fact several ingrained character traits have emerged to be prevalent in this post. I guess that means we're all just... Human.

More like perfectionists. Never totally satisfied, but it's great to feel the rush when you know that some change you made improved the sound. Sometimes people use crazy words to describe the sound (tubey, humid?) I just say it sounds better.