@phil0618
"What was striking about Elizabeth’s original post was that she invested big money in equipment she knew/thought to be quite good and yet she was dissatisfied with the system at the outset. That’s discouraging and luckily she got it sorted in a way that made her happy. But how was she to know what the ultimate solution was? The other interesting thing is that she seemed to base her decision at least in part on the recommendation of audio reviewers which we’ve all been cautioned about, but is still often a factor in buying decisions."
Agreed. But I think (cautiously) I might propose, for such intents and purposes, to take that reasoning a step further and say that, in the end, system building is for each of us our own act of creation...nothing more and nothing less, really...and that, whether we are fully aware of the fact from the outset or not, indeed None of us may know what the real destination will be when we start. We may Think we know, we may feel we have reason to be highly confident based on our own thinking, efforts and understanding...yet all of That is really nothing more than our best-informed supposition. But, what if, after our best efforts, we are left dissatisfied with something? What do we do then?
We can either stand down our urge to do something about it and say that this is just the nature of the beast, or we can dare to pull at the loose thread in the sweater...and risk unraveling the whole.
Given enough time to reach the decision, I’d say that many people may find themselves contemplating that there’s more work to be done than what they originally may have supposed. Although this prospect may not be for the feint of heart, it does also open the door ultimately to getting what one wants from the system...we just may not reliably know where it all will lead or how much (or even how little) it may finally cost, but, for those who have the heart for it, it is perhaps the only next, logical step. But, for each of us getting to that point, it may seem that a personal threshold must be crossed.
Cheers.
"What was striking about Elizabeth’s original post was that she invested big money in equipment she knew/thought to be quite good and yet she was dissatisfied with the system at the outset. That’s discouraging and luckily she got it sorted in a way that made her happy. But how was she to know what the ultimate solution was? The other interesting thing is that she seemed to base her decision at least in part on the recommendation of audio reviewers which we’ve all been cautioned about, but is still often a factor in buying decisions."
Agreed. But I think (cautiously) I might propose, for such intents and purposes, to take that reasoning a step further and say that, in the end, system building is for each of us our own act of creation...nothing more and nothing less, really...and that, whether we are fully aware of the fact from the outset or not, indeed None of us may know what the real destination will be when we start. We may Think we know, we may feel we have reason to be highly confident based on our own thinking, efforts and understanding...yet all of That is really nothing more than our best-informed supposition. But, what if, after our best efforts, we are left dissatisfied with something? What do we do then?
We can either stand down our urge to do something about it and say that this is just the nature of the beast, or we can dare to pull at the loose thread in the sweater...and risk unraveling the whole.
Given enough time to reach the decision, I’d say that many people may find themselves contemplating that there’s more work to be done than what they originally may have supposed. Although this prospect may not be for the feint of heart, it does also open the door ultimately to getting what one wants from the system...we just may not reliably know where it all will lead or how much (or even how little) it may finally cost, but, for those who have the heart for it, it is perhaps the only next, logical step. But, for each of us getting to that point, it may seem that a personal threshold must be crossed.
Cheers.
