How competitive are you with your system?

I just really like music and if it sounds great all the better. Being thankful to be where I am and live a comfortable existence leaves no room for petty competitions. Phallic or otherwise.

@pindac

"Stopping being a Listener Locked Away in their own Private Space and becoming a Social Listener where Open Door to Others is the Intention, Transformed every thing about my interest in Audio Systems and Listening to recorded music for the much much better."

I love this idea, but how to manifest it? Engaging other audiophiles to spend time together listening to each other's systems has been, for me, hard to realize. Everyone's busy and very few seem to have the level of interest and inclination it takes to do what you've done.

But kudos to you for getting there!

Great thread!

I am by nature a competitive person. Always have been. However, in my primary hobbies I am more into being the best I can be. This goes for writing, woodworking, and my sound systems. 

There are some really expensive set ups that I just do not enjoy. I lucked onto a pair of used Acoustat 1+1 speakers over thirty years ago. Love the sound. Maintain them well. My system is built around them. 

I am very happy with my system.

@ronboco 

"I’ll bet  most everyone always  thinks their  own system sounds better whether it does or not."

That is so true. I almost never like anybody else's system, and they probably don't like mine either! lol.

@mylogic 

"There is only one logical solution for all those who obsess and need to compare. Enter your equipment/system love child into a tournament with other self-minded show offs."

Of course I know you're joking here, but I actually think it's a good idea. We ought to have a competition (a friendly one of course ) to see what systems really are superior.

I feel we all default to "everyone's ears are different / good sound is subjective" much too quickly. I happen to think that if we took the same 3-5 people and had them listen to the same 10 systems playing the same 2-3 records (I'm an all analog guy) there would in fact be consensus as to which systems reproduce those records the best.

Anybody game? I live in the SF Bay area.