How does one get off the merry-go-round?


I'm interested in hearing from or about music lovers who have dropped out of the audio "hobby." I don't mean you were content with your system for 6 weeks. I mean, you stood pat for a long time, or--even better--you downsized...maybe got rid of your separates and got an integrated.

(I suppose if you did this, you probably aren't reading these forums any more.)

If this sounds like a cry for help, well, I dunno. Not really. I'm just curious. My thoughts have been running to things like integrated amps and small equipment racks and whatnot even as I continue to experiment and upgrade with vigor (I'm taking the room correction plunge, for example.) Just want to hear what people have to say on the subject.

---dan
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Why would anyone want to get off the merry-go-round, upgrading is one of the few things I look forward to anymore, I mean after my girls, ( wife and daughter ).
Tmsorosk, you must have the disposable income in order to look forward to upgrading. From your statement, the merry-go-round is an affordable place. Good for you! But not everyone can afford the cost of staying on the merry-go-round and attempting to upgrade.
Instead of always upgrading, another aplroach to sate ones desire for alternate sounds is to build multiple systems in different rooms if tnat is an option.

I have 2 already and have eyes on a third in a smaller room using higher efficiency speakers, and either a low power tube or class a amp.
I think what I have also learned is that the Merry Go Round is about unnecessary purchases, over tweaking and just plain obsessive behavior. I have slowed down and enjoy reading reviews, visiting dealers and poking around in general. I think upgrading is natural for an audiophile who just wants to improve on what they have if they have the means.
Sailcappy speaks words of wisdom.....

Obsessive behavior is seldom a good thing, whether it be supersizing it at McDonalds or watching your money fly into the wind on the audio merry go round.