Is it ever enough?
@knotscott, Ah, the one and only Harvey Rosenberg, or to give him his full title: Dr. Harvey "Gizmo" Rosenberg Guildmeister, The Triode Guild Thermionic Techno-shaman. Perhaps the most original writer on audio we have yet seen, and the doyen of the audiophile tinkerers worldwide. However in his case the experimenting was never without a clear purpose or aim. Harvey had strongly held opinions about audio and he stuck to them. Harvey probably also did more for the cause of the Tannoy Dual Concentrics in the modern era than anyone else. Who else but Harvey would dare to mod a Tannoy Westminster? https://www.meta-gizmo.org/index.html |
It's a journey not a destination Perfection and excellence are a pursuit and rarely achieved All excellent systems have a weakest link, it may be a darn good weakest link but it's still the current shortcoming in the overall landscape Personally speaking, never being done is part of the appeal for me Not to mention, tis the nature of technology, better and new things are being brought to market faster and with greater frequency than ever It's incumbent upon us to evolve at a reasonable rate or get left behind Just don't let the next step impose on getting maximum enjoyment and pleasure with your current set up Enjoy the journey |
@erik_squires ...*s* Precisely. Listening to a pair of speakers that I've 'heavily modified' to 'be, or not to be'...and they 'are', is gratifying. Having such actually sound pleasant, and respond in the manner hoped for is, as noted 'round 'n about, priceless. I may have invested more time than treasure in the pursuit, but the end result of listening to that which ones' 'tinkering' wrought beats the bejeez out of merely buying ones' way out with the 'next new thing'. Or the side-step to swap Xd to Xr for the next new nuance. It finally occurred to self that the response of offered components had outstripped my ability to hear nothing more than 'small differences' in recordings that suffered more from their resident qualities than my equipment had or has. It may be considered a 'false ceiling', and the stone needs to have more pressure applied to squeeze that last bit from it. And it could be noted that I'm more or less doing that, anyway. It's OK to wave a white flag and step away from the fray. It gives one the chance to retreat, regroup, and return to the field with different 'weapons'....;) Good variable factors to us all, y'all. 👍 |
