Is This the Essence of "The Audiophile Dilemma?

Live music is your guide, and patience your friend.

I think it’s very difficult for people to feel secure in their choices. I was a conservatory-trained musician and I also had my own music production company, so I know what I like when I hear it. Doesn’t make my taste more “correct” than anyone else’s, but it does make me confident in my choice. I can see the dilemma of the average person who hears all these reviewers talking about how great everything is, so they buy it and can’t understand why they don’t love it. IMO, the answer is to work with a good dealer or consultant who will help you find stuff you like, but as said above, these people are scarce nowadays.  

Some will never be content. There is no "perfect" system. Then again, perfection is very subjective. Blown way way too much money on this supposed hobby or whatever it is. I've learned to be content, for the most part, with what I got. 

I know I’ll never have the perfect equipment or the perfect room for that matter, so I know I will have to be content with what I have for now.

Maybe if I win Powerball and devote the rest of my years…

@audition__audio +1

Some people treat a journey as something negative.

Others see it as the thing worth valuing.

The idea that my system is not where it could be is not a negative -- it's a positive. As Browning said, "a man's reach should exceed his grasp, Or what's a heaven for?"