How good is good enough?

Very good post!

My answer will be because we refuse or do not understand why we must learn minimal basic acoustics concepts and how experimenting with them ...

Thank you!

The only problem I see with your argument is that there are people who are never done with their acoustic treatments, too.

Put another way -- I think you’re right that too many people ignore acoustics and focus on gear. But there are people who cannot stop treating their room and that amounts to exactly the same endless chase. So, it's not wrong but it's not sufficient for the more general malady.

Good enough is live music. If you don’t want that then this is not your hobby. Just be happy find something else. It takes huge investment to get close to that. But as an audio file, it’s even better than that, because we also listen for pleasure so things are not shaped accurately. They are shaped more for listening pleasure.

if I put you in a race car, you’re not gonna like driving it! if I put you in a Bentley you’re going to like it a lot more, but that’s what it equates to, in terms of costs.

The Music Direct catalog that comes every year has replaced the Sears catalog of my youth.  There is always something in there that piques my interest. And then I dream....

Sometimes it’s the chase that’s the most exciting

Not at all , it is the learning process which is interesting...

But some think that buying 40 amplifiers to test them is the basic learning; some others as me look for a good enough amplifier and begin to learn how to embed it electrically, mechanically and acoustically ...

The journey has a beginning and an end : music listenings ...Not consumerism and the fun of buying the new kid on the block...

Some drive a car they contributed to design and some others collect 50 cars in a garage ...It is not the same hobby ...Some buy a new car each year...

dean_palmer: The problem with having and experiencing the nicer things in life is that everything else starts to become boring, obsolete, and pleasureless, and yes, sometimes it doesn’t add anything to your life but takes away from some of the simple pleasures we once enjoyed, and thus the endless quest for more.