Who else can't sleep the night before their fancy new gears arrive?

This just demonstrates how we are ruled by the sub-conscious.  Such irrational excitement goes a long way to explain reinforcement syndrome because we WANT the new piece to sound better.

Beware, and try to be objective.  But actually there is nothing we can do about it.

Not irrational at all. Enjoy your new Dac. 

For new audio toys I basically refresh the online shipment tracking page relentlessly.

@clearthinker That was a buzzkill Debbie Downer!

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