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Observation: Passion vs Obsession

As I read through the AG threads each night culling useful tips (there are many) it occurred to me that there is a difference between passion and obsession in our hobby, or anything else for that matter.

I feel that the desire to improve can take one of two paths.

Passion = You love what you are doing. You enjoy the process and you love listening to the music. You are creating aural art. You are becoming the master of your sound, like an athlete you are honing your skills. You are integrated with the process and the process gives you joy.

Obsession = The joy is destroyed. You have sabotaged yourself by telling yourself "I have to get it". All you want are results, it serves an end.

To me the truth is that there is no end, only the journey. Enjoy the passion, your system and what it is offering you.





edgyhassle
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mijostyn
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@chakster , You forgot the Win Labs cartridge. I owned one. It was awful. 

Strain gauge cartridges are essentially resistors that change their impedance with vibration. They require a voltage source and then circuitry to remove the biasing voltage. So they require a special totally different type of phono stage which is included in the price. If the Soundsmith Strain Gauge cartridge is really good it does represent a good value as you do not need to buy a separate phono stage. I will hopefully find out on December 3rd assuming somebody is still at Soundsmith and they are not all at the show.
boxer12
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Whatever it is, I'm enjoying it. 
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edgyhassle OP
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@boxer12       

Exactly. 

@noske 

No measurement or proof necessary. Just feel it...your neurons do. 
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edgyhassle OP
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My point if there was one, was an observation that seems true. May or may not be for you. The truth is that whatever you are involved in you should enjoy the journey.

SG by Soundsmith is still a dream for me, but I enjoy the Zephyr MIMC Star until the dream is realized.
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nandric
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Passion is, say, building the base for each of your TT's and
obsession is the urge to own as many TT's  as cartridges. 
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