The obsession, the trees. The music, the forest.

I would think that futzing with the VTA on every disc would distract from the enjoyment of listening to music, but I'm sure it also improves the sound quality. It takes all kinds.

I concur, it gets really tiresome. One of the main reasons I haven't been posting as often as I used to is that I am to busy enjoying music and my system. Could it get better?? I am sure, but there comes a time- for me anyway- when I want to just sit back and enjoy the fruits of my labor. I am sure I will get tired and want to try something new in the future but I don't lose sleep over it.

But answering your question there is a certain breed of audiophile that I call the gear heads. They like good sound but are addicted to getting more, they are never happy with there system and they spend a lot of money for nothing. This sort will never be able to enjoy music(or chances are life in general). In this gear head group there is a subsection which are tweek crazed! Too uptight for me, that's for sure.

A pro musician (jazz) was interviewed in Stereophile. When asked why he had such a crappy stereo system, he replied something like: "Maybe a musician can put it all together in their head so they don't need good equipment.".
Maybe gear heads can't "put it together" themselves and are totally "machine dependent"?
Sort of like Charlie-the-Tuna trying to buy "good taste"?

I am very new to analog,so I have trouble with all these adjustments. As time goes by I seem to be listening more and tweeking less.

Tim