Anyone else miss audiophile nervosa?

Hmmm, I should not have noted which album happened to be spinning when I started the thread. Next time I'll make sure it's "Kind of Blue" or something else that doesn't seem contriversial.
Thanks all for inspiring some thoughts. Rodman99999 - I think your point is very valid (what quality of recording to build your system around?). My solution is a different arm wand and cartridge for bright albums and a second digital source for bright cd's. I think that is part of the key to long term contentment, enough levers to pull to allow you to adjust for different characteristics of the recordings or just for different moods of the listener.
Others - you have succesfully created a twinge of audiophile nervosa. I can dream of the ideal listening room:).

Quoting Nick Doshi.."Enjoy the music ..tolerate the instrument."

I tried to find out about Miss Audiophile Nervosa. Who is she? The name sounds Italian and might be the ideal companion for an audiophile. Ooops ... I forgot I'm married already....scratch that one.

Just as well Shadorne, she is the true "femme fatale". I dated her for a while and she almost ruined me. But oh, what bliss while it lasted. I now date a fat middle-aged lady by the name of Squeaky BOSE. She smells of junk food, but instead of Miss Nervosa who cost, Squeaky Bose pays ME. (She doesn't know, that I always switch off my hearing aid, when I go to meet her)

YEP I do miss it… just like I miss a deep sunburn and spilling hot coffee on my lap.

I do remain intrigued however with some aspects of system ins and outs I’ve not yet tried… like for instance putting together a nice SET rig… or checking out the diffs from passive AC filtration to an active one….

Or perhaps owning an analog system that is fully automatic… including getting the album off the shelf and putting it back…. I’m pretty sure it’s too expensive to get into though. ;o)

Past the above the main irritation is finding out the chain gang of audio intrigue is just a symptom of a deeper issue…. So I’ve simply replaced the audio obsession with a ‘home improvement’ one… I’ll have to drag this one out too, for afterwards I have no idea what to obsess on then! Radio controlled airplanes came to mind, but not for very long. The take off would have to be amazing! ‘Cause then they would all disappear! They don’t make boomerang airplanes do they?

Hey! Boomerangs! I’ll need a helmet I suppose… and some nice gloves… maybe a nice tote. Wonder what color? Should they all be engraved? and then, how about.....???