If you’re anything like me, you’re constantly upgrading your gear and spending several stacks of thousands of dollars…

But what if our picture of endgame doesn’t exist? In other words, we are chasing a certain quality that doesn’t exist?

  • calmlikeasexbobomb@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Sounds like you need to figure out what you’re chasing.

    Maybe spend more time seeking out listening experiences - concerts, hi-fi shops, other people’s setups, etc. or do more critical listening of what you have, then evaluate what’s “missing” and go from there.

    You could also experiment with you already have - speaker placement, room treatment, room correction, etc. You might have what you’re seeking already, it’s just waiting to be setup properly.

    • Destructtor0@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I really like this answer. Personally, I knew what I like and didn’t like after, well, decades of different budget gear. I knew what I wanted it to sound like (solid bass with no subs, very dynamic, wide soundstage and speakers that disappear when I close my eyes), and I knew what I liked the look of and what I didn’t like the look of (give me big blue VU meters and turntable that looks like the finish on a PRS guitar) and after going to audio shows and swapping out budget gear (every speaker I owned I was given as they were going to be thrown out or found for free up until 2 years ago), I was finally ready for true audiophile gear. I auditioned gear everywhere I could. Once I found what I was looking for, and negotiated to a point where I was happy, I got it all setup and now I enjoy my music more than ever. I also have it hooked up to my tv and got rid of the 5.1 and just listen to the 2.0 system now. I’m incredibly happy and content with the setup I have and while I wonder what a different streamer or DAC might sound like, I’ve reached my endgame where it makes me smile every time I turn it on.

      I have playlists of music that, if I’m honest, I’m listening to my system more than the song itself. I put em on every once in a while and it never fails to impress.

      Trying to spend money on experiences rather than things, and to me, this counts as an experience I can repeat daily