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?

  • Captain_Quidnunc@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Not understanding the question.

    Given that humans haven’t yet figured out how to create circuits or mechanical devices that can perfectly amplify signals without distortion…there is no “endgame” state to be had.

    Therefore “Audiophile” is a description of a process. Not a description of a state.

    It is the “process” of evaluating how well any given combination of components reproduces audio in comparison to what you want it to sound like.

    And what you want something to sound like changes over time.

    Ergo, since there is no perfect technological solution, every component sounds different, every room sounds different with different components and your perception of what it is supposed to sound like is constantly changing…there is no “endgame” state. There is no combination of components that will be or remain “the best possible” over time.

    So the “endgame” IS the process of continually evaluating and improving.

    Thus, there is no need to search for the “endgame”. You are already there. You are participating in the process of evaluation and improvement. As long as you are enjoying that process and not otherwise messing up your life spending money you don’t have, you are quite literally…already there.

    So sit back and enjoy the process. It’s all you’ll ever get out of it.