Dr, Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Yep! The worst thing that happened to me was that I learned how to listen to ’audio effects’ i.e. the cause/effect of imaging and frequency response. Hard to get off that train. One really needs to get a substitute. Exploring music I’ve never heard and ignoring claims of merchants and the ’experience’ of other ’audiophiles’ has helped a lot. Lots of DIY - if I can’t do it it doesn’t get done now. :-)

Dr. Jekyll sits back and revels in the sound surrounding me in synesthetic imagery. My Hyde starts to worry when the cartridge gets to the inner part of the vinyl, knowing there might be distortion  and smearing.

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde left my listening room years ago and all that’s left is a very tired old man who finally got the system of his dreams, only to be ruined by going deaf. 

I’m usually Dr. Jekyll, feeling fortunate to know that my current system sounds better than any I have owned before. Mr. Hyde occasionally appears when I start to wonder what this or that would sound like in my system if I could afford it. I don’t go there very often..