Thank you, Ray.For me, your post was moving and thoughtful and insightful. I wonder how many other forum members are in a life circumstances in which audio is much more important to them than it is to me, despite my feeling as though it’s a big priority in my life.
Is it ever enough?
It strikes me that continuing to tinker can be either positive or a negative for a given individual. When I make changes intending them as a remedy for something deficient, I don’t always know if that emerges from an inability to be satisfied and happy with what I have, or as a legitimate process of improvement.
For me, the question of when is my system excellent enough to simply sit back and listen to it for the rest of my life is difficult to ascertain.
Obviously, a lot of people don’t care about this and simply enjoy trying to perfect their sound, independent of any such concerns. And, of course, there’s nothing wrong with that, or it’s opposite, which I would call being satisfied on a budget, or perhaps having the benefit of less discerning ears in terms of budgetary effect.
Anyway, I’m curious, if anyone else is interested in this topic, to hear what they think. If the topic doesn’t interest you, you’re probably better off responding to someone else’s post.
For me, the question of when is my system excellent enough to simply sit back and listen to it for the rest of my life is difficult to ascertain.
Obviously, a lot of people don’t care about this and simply enjoy trying to perfect their sound, independent of any such concerns. And, of course, there’s nothing wrong with that, or it’s opposite, which I would call being satisfied on a budget, or perhaps having the benefit of less discerning ears in terms of budgetary effect.
Anyway, I’m curious, if anyone else is interested in this topic, to hear what they think. If the topic doesn’t interest you, you’re probably better off responding to someone else’s post.
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When I make changes intending them as a remedy for something deficient, I don’t always know if that emerges from an inability to be satisfied and happy with what I have, or as a legitimate process of improvement. Perfect example of why the First Audiophile Commandment is Know Thyself. This probably more than anything else accounts for why I am so happy with my system and all my components over the last 12-15 years. It only took me about 25 years to figure out. But the good news is most of those 25 years were spent not knowing the First Commandment. So now I got that going for me. https://youtu.be/X48G7Y0VWW4?t=62 Okay not Total Consciousness but what am I the Dalai Lama? |
What else would ya be doing ? Swinging a perfectly balanced double on a bird Working in telepathy with a bird dog who forgives your miss, to a point Dialing in camber for a tenth Barrel tasting for sport, and a tweak Putting eight big kings in the box by 8 am and pointing Das Boot at you halibut hole waypoint 26 nm away… Rolling tube dampers into your 85A2 tubes, because you can Searching out a Zevon Compton promo pressing hot stamper, because a buddy turned you on to it… Treadmill, saltmine, or THE reason for life…your call 100% You can sleep when you are dead |
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