a rant

I too had high-end audio OCD obsession, but it’s subsiding as my audio chains gets established.  I do struggle which expensive noise reducing components to budget for: ether filter, Ethernet switch, Schnerzinger products, QSA…   

I've encountered some issues with the audio hobby, and if I were to list them out, they’d look like this:

1. Lack of Progress: The audio industry hasn't made significant advancements over the years, especially when compared to the rapid progress in the video industry.

On the contrary huge progress has been made in theoretical acoustics and applied acoustics...

The most important for audio immediate application being Dr. Edgar Choueiri... Read his articles...

Upgrade, overpricing and hearing limitations made no sense to me as problems to solve... It is very easy to solve them but we cannot  change our hearing ability we can train our hearing and you will be surprised what you will learn doing so...

The optimal way in audio is not upgrading loop but training our ears in a room...

Someone who understand how to hear dont pay for overprices gear...He is happy  with what he can do by himself.

Any amateur painter is proud of himself working without being jealous of Van Gogh pricing...

I've listened to demos of the Baach products on three separate occasions, and was thoroughly unimpressed each time. It just sounds phasey and overly processed to me, not natural at all.

I have not met or spoken to anyone else who wasn't completely enamored of the process however. This just underscores to concept of "if you don't like the sound, it's not for you".