Did a satisfaction threshold exist under 1000 bucks ?
I wonder if anyone has sought to downgrade their system, not to save money or because they needed the money, but because of the idea that living more simply will force them to focus more on the music. This would be the Henry David Thoreau approach to audio -- to make it more meaningful by abandoning the quest for better sound. Because if I could focus just on the music, then why would I want to go back to thinking of ways it could be better? Just for myself, this is what I think about. |
I was reading Walden Pond a few years ago and shocked at what a ridiculous book it was to me. I am an adventurer and outdoors enthusiast… but that was silly to me. The idea of taking all the incredible effort and investment I have put in my system and going backwards is completely anathema to me, as was the silly little book. Now Anna Karenina, that’s a book. |
@ghdprentice To each his own. A few things Thoreau had right, in my view, was that progress is often oversold, people allow themselves to be hurried by forces they might not really approve of, and simplicity is too easily tossed aside. In other words, he emphasized a profound respect for experience. That's something I agree with. But to each his own. |
I cannot say that i will abandon the quest for better sound... Then i guess i am like ghdprentice on this...😊 But lacking money i focussed in the past my attention on low cost improvements neglected generally by most... Anyway i cannot say, even if like ,as hilde45, the contemplative view of Thoreau a lot, I cannot say that i could ever downgrade by spiritual and minimalistic ethical imperative; in the opposite the way the music experience became immersive now for me ,PASSED A SPECIFIC ACOUSTIC SATISFACTION TRESHOLD made very easy for me to forgot the never ending audiophile quest for better sound.... Music is so powerful with not too much limitations in the acoustic front now, that any upgrade appear to me even if possible if not useless, not necessary at all ... But saying that i am conscious too that tempted by some revolutionary product as the BACCH filters i will purchase it right now if i could do it... It is my paradoxical attitude...No need of anything but open to some REAL upgrade... |
