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If your down on your system…

If your down on your system, ask yourself, are you listening for the sound or for the music.  If the answer is for the sound, then try to do a mind bend, and forget the sound for a moment.  Take a deep breath and try to get into the music you’ve selected. After all, you’ve hopefully selected it for the music itself and not just for the sound.  That’s where the payoff is.
 I know this sounds simplistic and has been mentioned a lot in this forum, but it’s
a technique that works for me.

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audioman58's avatar
audioman58
4,200 posts
 
For myself going down in quality from $100 k systems to $30-$40 k for similar performance is the challenge .I am now semi retired 
and now have to plan for big purchases like loudspeakers next 
but even $20 k can take me over a year to save . You can get spoiled and circumstances for many reasons can change . It’s now a challenge ,at least I still rebuild quality Xovers and know  about modding which saves me  literally $1000 s .
henry53's avatar
henry53
280 posts
 
Expectation bias is at play, when you hear something at $100,000 you expect to be completely whooped but my not be. I find if I listen to a system I cannot afford mine sounds better than I thought.
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slaw
21,858 posts
 
I suspect the OP has a synergy issue or room issue 
gochurchgo
923 posts
 
@slaw  I agree. As for me, I’m only conscious of the system when I make a change. Typically lasts an hour (I’ve done well in my choices so far) and then it’s just sweet music.
bigkidz
3,397 posts
 
Not me.  Just finished a 4 hour listening session.  The system sounds better than any system I have ever heard.  We are almost ready to open the listening room here in New Jersey.

Happy Listening.
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