How do you get Happy as an Audiophile?


There’s an interesting, relatively modern take on mental health called Positive Psychology. While not without it’s faults and detractors, PP has a very interesting approach. Instead of asking questions on the axis of illness and diagnosis PP asks questions on the scale of happiness:

What is it that makes you more or less content with your life and in your pursuits? How can these actions, events or states be codified and applied as general principles?

In the spirit of PP then I ask:

How do you get happy? What advice would you give an audiophile that asks "What is satisfying about being an audiophile, and what are the approaches that get me there? Do you personally know the answers for yourself? "

erik_squires

Positive psychology certainly has its fair share of detractors.

To ignore the causes of anything is one highly dubious means of attempting to build anything substantial.

 

Besides, perhaps the terms happy and audiophile are mutually incompatible?

Perhaps once you're happy (ok, satisfied) you're no longer an audiophile. You're merely a music lover.

Positive psychology certainly has its fair share of detractors.

 

Yes it does.  Some of it for the methodology and math, so I don't wish to make this about whether positive pscyhology works so much as about being happy as an audiophile.

I am a completely happy audiophile and music lover...

Some think it is impossible by definition  bit it is ONLY because all the industry completely underestimate the powerful improvement made by acoustic and psycho-acoustic over gear change...

Ignorance may be bliss yess, but it is a deceiving flickering bliss in an audio "hell" of conditioned ignorance...