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rvpiano

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I was on the audiophile merry go round of never being satisfied with my system, compulsively tweaking and changing equipment, searching for perfection  for quite a number of years. But despite all the conflict I have come out of the ordeal with a system that, I  can honestly say, portrays the music accurately.  So in many ways,  it wasn’t a waste of time and money.
 The trick is,  once you have found a system that satisfies you, stop agonizing over the sound. You’ve reached Nirvana, where all you have to do is sit back and enjoy your music in glorious sound. If there are sound defects, SO WHAT!  The fault is NOT in your system. You’ve reached your system’s benchmark sound and anything that strays from that is the fault of the medium. Even ENJOY the faulty track for the great music that lies within.  I’m sure you’ll even find some  niceties of sound that exist.   
I'm not saying that I’ll never buy another “upgrade.”  But, as of now, I don’t see the need.
For those who listen only for SQ, enjoy the quest.
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@hilde45

My point is a very simple one. I didn’t mean for it to cause a hullabaloo!

When I say accurate, I mean that my system now sounds like the music I hear at a concert hall. I’m not probing the meaning of the word accurate. I’m using it in a very general sense.  Maybe I should have used the word resembled.

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hilde45
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@rvpiano Got it. 

Sometimes my concert hall doesn't sound very good. I will come home from a performance and put on a CD or stream the same song and think, "Ah, now that's better." It is -- it's truly better.

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limomangus
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I had alot of audio equipment and can change my set up .So that's what I do...if I can get stuff down from my attic....but I'm 73 and NOT buying new equipment....I spent my money on lps and cds ,especially the cds you can get stuff so cheap now...ever vinyl if you luck out at the thrift,savers,local library...got 7 albums this week cost me $44 bucks....and if I bought them at ebay they would of cost an average  of $7.00 more for shipping ...so I saved big time..  

deep_333
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Sounds almost like a self fulfilling prophecy at work...or psychological training at this point, lol

You’ve reached Nirvana, where all you have to do is sit back and enjoy your music in glorious sound. If there are sound defects, SO WHAT! The fault is NOT in your system. You’ve reached your system’s benchmark sound and anything that strays from that is the fault of the medium.

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