Love for music shatter by highend equipment

There is some point for everybody where diminishing returns set in. Probably everybody at this site sees a point in spending at least a couple thousand dollars per component before getting to the knee in the curve, and probably more than that if budget doesn't have to be totally dominant in the equation. If / when you get to the point of a couple to a few thousand dollars per component, you're in a range where you could upgrade a component OR buy a couple hundred or several hundred pieces of software for the same money. If you've opted for Option A more than once without ever opting for Option B, you really ought to try option B once. If it's really about the music, go out and buy 500 CDs or LPs over a few months and get drunk on new music.

Kjcj, you do know how to enjoy your music. I also like listening to music in my car. Nothing beats driving on the highway with your window down, music pumping all the way up, on a nice warm night. The SPL from a car is second to none.

I got 20th Century remasters of The Ohio Players and was really happy with the sound. So you could try any 20th Century remasters.
I agree about old Genesis CD's. But I've heard the Supernatural CD complaint before. Someone said it had a lot of compression. I just don't get it so I popped it in again just now.
I'm listening to "(Da Le) Yaleo" and "Wishing it was" and they sound just awesome. Musical Fidelity and N804's. So I don't know what the problem is that people are hearing <:-? (that's a cone headed curious smiley guy - in case you were wondering).

This is an old thread but how apropos!  Hi end audio has an underlying dialectic that can prove to be confounding.  For too many (including myself), the equipment becomes an altar or idol and the music gets forgotten.  Add to this a baseline of OCDness in most audiophiles, and equipment becomes like crack and we the crack whores.  

I got into the hobby because of my passion for music as a kid and have clawed my way back using in part vintage equipment (Thorens table and Klipsch Cornwall Is).  What a strange journey, but the music is back.  I recently inherited my grandmothers vinyl collection (she was a classically trained pianist) and spinning vinyl is now an homage to my family.  That is the way things should be....  

It happens.

I'm with agear on this.