The two stages of audiophilia

@Chorus,

Works just fine until a friend stops over to tell you about his new....

Well don’t leave us hanging man! WHAT DID THE FRIEND BUY!   ;-)

Hilde45,

Overthinking the post.

You forgot the third stage, keep repeating the first two stages.

Listening his " gear" qualities is good and necessary in the beginnings,,,,

But most never quit the beginings...They upgrade and go on listening to their gear new qualities in the SAME UNCHANGED room for the sake of comparison for sure.... Not always improvement tough but different each time...

Ad infinitum.....


Now some acoustically treat their room and control it the right way...( learn how to control also the mechanical and electrical embeddings)

After that, if the job is well done they never listen sounds so much than they listen to music....

Audiophilia become mostly a necessary past stage.... I dream myself to upgrade one day but without no more real urgency at all...Too busy with the new music....

Obsession to sounds is transformed in musical obsession...( After 7 years of sound quality obsession and listenings experiments each day almost)

If it is possible for me with an under 500 bucks system it is possible for all at any price....

I only repeat here the OP initial motive with my own experience....



My best to all....





« Acoustic is the sleeping princess, anything else are the working dwarves, now be the prince, kiss the sleeping princess» -Anonymus Me