How good is good enough?


Most of us here cannot afford six figure prices for each component (assuming that will bring the best sound.) So how far do we want to go to improve our systems? There are always bigger fish. When does it stop? It stops when we say it stops, when our gear brings us satisfaction. To constantly strive for better sound is an endless quest, not necessarily based on the quality of our set but on our personality.

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As for audio equipment, after 50+ years of budgeting for modest updates or incremental upgrades I’m 95% sure I am at “good enough”.

Myself , like Tomic, I’m never done, but the pace forward has slowed to a crawl  because what I hear in my room doesn’t demand more to my ears. What I search for is the music. Enough said. I’d rather go fishing, surfing. Haha, lol. 

I am married to an economist, we both believe in the concept of marginal cost versis marginal gain.  Now that I am 75 and my hearing is slowly declining I believe there is no future in upgrading my system.

It is not uber expensive, but would cost about a new Honda Civic to replace.  I am in my happy okace and spend my energies listening and no longer worry about gear changes.  Revel in the present!!