The Psychology of Constant (Equipment) Change

If instead of insulting me you go on the Jazz thread, on the piano thread, On the thread about A.I. and music, on the thread "The Mystery Of Sound Is Mysticism"

Not one of my posts is repetition but new information each time...

i invite everybody to verify...

Now when i spoke about system/room and the way to adress the acoustic perceiving desired experience i did not as most people recommend the gear fad of the year or my own gear... You call my insistance on acoustic truth "bla Bla" confusing acoustics with room acoustic..

Someone of bad faith impatient with a non english speaker like me whom you patronized without end for the last 4 years in your cold hypocrital way cannot be surprized if i am less patient with him today... I answered your lies and insults about me...

yes i had much time, i am retired , i like all people here and i offer what i can to help...

But after 4 years with you patronizing my posts and your last insults i feel right to describe your meanness ..

You’re a time-waster. You’re too old to learn self-control. Pity.

Anybody able to offer a great deal of information here is not a "time waster"...Sorry...

I am old yes but what about your own "self control" for 4 years of harassment about my posts numbers or content my dear friend ? did you forgot that ?

For 4 years me i replied to all of your post politely by the way ...

Buy a mirror...

I do not pity you...

I do not pity you as you can pity me sorry, i do not pity patronizing mean people sorry ... I despise them ...

i like the truth ...

I will ask you a question hilde45 :

why instead of pity me in public did you say nothing save insult after i posted about one of the greatest discovery in Acoustic this YEAR and put links to it and to many other articles and a book about its meaning ?

Where is you brain going ?

Anybody can go there and see i dont lie , i put a great deal of important information about a discovery in acoustic which make the news this month "Pythagoras is wrong "...The thread is here : "The Mystery Of Sound Is Mysticism"

Anybody will read there among many new very important  information your patronizing insult to me  as an answer ..

Good luck...

audiodwebe OP

200 posts

03-18-2024 at 01:15am 

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This is what I mean by a desire to constantly change gear.  I can never leave good enough alone.

I think for me I “wonder” how a certain speaker will sound in my current room since not all my speakers have made their way into the system.  Or wonder how one of my speakers will sound with whichever amp is currently supplying the juice.

@audiodwebe there must be a layman’s pop psychology forum better suited to diagnose you 😜

I suspect @bigtwin is pretty close for the typical circumstance - rotating gear seems a likely surrogate for a shopaholic fix and could also justify buying even more, at least periodically. I don’t like buying electronic stuff, and I don’t think I’m the “norm” in that regard. Nothing might sound definitively better than the rest for too long if you like buying stuff.

A maybe-relevant counterpoint is that I focus on inquiry-based research outside my stereo hobby, perhaps that’s why I have limited wish to exercise similar behavior towards my music listening setup. I “get my fill” elsewhere? I used inquiry-based approach on my stereo setup in defining and devising what I wanted from my listening experience early on. Whether it was more luck or learning that got me what I wanted seems irrelevant. The curiosity many audiophiles have for kit-swapping has always struck me as an exercise of fun with pseudoscience: casual experimentation without proper controls or full understanding of the process, selectively including the bits that enhance their enjoyment of said process. I think this is a frequent basis of the “I trust my ears only” camp. And as long as their takeaway doesn’t result in pushing self-concocted rules onto others about stuff that has not been demonstrated (e.g. sonic differences in cables), I see no harm in it. As least provided all bills get paid 😅

”There’s no perfect solution” also isn’t limited to one’s opinion, but depends on the physics of how your playback kit handles different masters of music. Those are all engineers’ / artisans’ impressions on what sounded “correct” via a multitude of studio setups and a handful of personal opinions. It’s very unlikely that one specific chain will get all specific masters’ tracks and instruments/effects to sound equally ideal for a person who listens to/for things I sometimes consider sonic minutia. Stereo mixing and the unending plethora of hifi kit devices to throw at it are quicksand to stasis in satisfaction for certain folks’ personalities. Who gives a flying flock (of feathers)? If you don’t, then literally no worries, eh? 😉

One psychological size fits all doesn’t seem to apply in this hobby no matter what some folks might tell ya otherwise.

.......it's a lot less cheaper than changing out wives ! 

Audiophilia nervosa is encouraged by equipment manufacturers who have to make you wonder about your existing gear if they are to sell to you.

I resist it, and it helps because I just shift some gear from one system to another every few years (I have 3 major systems and one minor one).

@wspohn

Totally agree, after a few decades of changing out gear came to realize it is the change itself that gets the endorphins going. No need to buy new stuff (it’s all just same old wine in new bottles at higher $$$). Just keep a couple decent amps and preamps and 2-3 different types of speakers that each do something really well but are different and interchange your own gear ever 6-12 months. Various combinations for variety! IT WORKS! Full satisfaction and endorphins without actually buying any new bottles. Plus even more endorphins when you see your $$$ savings increasing and not being depleted by buying new bottles to effect a change that never remains satisfying anyway! If you can be satisfied (very rare) and stop changing gear; then you have just beat the "cycle for needed change" condition and deserve applause!