Audiophilia: Is it the pursuit of audio excellence or just a desire to tinker.

It's obviously a personal thing. At first I liked the tinkering part out of necessity to get the sound I strived for and that can last for years. Now that I have the sound my ears wanted, I no longer tinker, at all, I just sit and listen with satisfaction. Only tinkering I do any more is looking for new music on Qobuz :)

Audio life is much easier now, got rid of OCD without therapy.

@cey No she just has the misfortune of being married to me, a gear head, audiophile, engineer. So she is most definitely a casual observer, and the center of my universe along with our children. 
 

I am deleting and doing over my post also as I was being overly sensitive and have not had my coffee yet. 

Being an "audiophile" creates the perfect storm where a profound appreciation of music meets childlike curiosity about how things work, and how to make them better. They say "you can’t blame a compass for pointing north." And you can't blame an "audiophile" for trying "one more thing" to improve the performance of a system.

My granddaugter asked: "Grampa, why are you always working on your old cars?" Me: "Because I’m always fixing things that aren’t broken."

Enjoy the music. And, those zeros and ones, dampening factors, air gap flux densities, Litz inductors, etc.

@jacobsdad2000 the problem was my negligence not your reaction--i thoughtlessly jumped right into the discussion. all the best buddy. happy listening and keep that WAF high!

@hilde45 plus 1

While there’s music playing 4-5 hours a day, I try to sit with my eyes closed and truly focus on my system.  Sometimes I sit and smile and sometimes I get up and change something.

My real Itus, is reading all the reviews and watching YouTube videos and wondering how different products will fit sonically into my rig.