Anyone else miss audiophile nervosa?

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.....???

I do miss the nervosa...I quit having it after I spent some serious (for me) dough on CJ CA-200 and some Proac D'25's. But then I figure, to better this set-up, it would take the kind of money I don't have

Just bought a fixer upper c/w owning horse that is a far more expensive hobby than the hi-fi, so although I scan the 'for sale' section on a regular basis, thinking 'oh yes', the reality is 'oh no'.lol

jeff_jones: I can totally relate to what you are feeling. My system has been stable for almost a year now (accept for cables). This is the longest I have gone without changing anything. I didn't realize it but I actually stopped listening to my system for about 1 month. Without the "thrill of the hunt" I found myself bored and uninterested in my system. For me, being an audiophile has as much to do with the joy I get from trying out new components/technology as it does with the music itself. It is latter point that I had to remind myself of however. It is all about the music. In fact, I reminded myself that I could easily enjoy music listening through an ipod or some cheap bookshelf system. So now I am settling back into just listening to music and not worrying about too overly critical of my system. I am not sure how long this audiophile tranquility will last however...

NO. I'm going through it again. I thought I got over it. I downsized and minimized everything and was happy. I got the itch again and now I'm completely, obsessively, unreasonably immersed in the quest...