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I need help with my Equipment addiction

I can't leave well enough alone. My most disappointing days are days like today where I sit down to listen to my system, drink some wine, and unwind and... the system sounds great. I hate that. Nothing to tweak, everything is intergrating well: Clear highs, check. Fast, deep bass, check. Digital sound good with weight and impact, Check. Vinyl sound deep and well rounded with extended highs and excellent speed, check.

That's when the trouble starts. I start thinking, "What if changed cartridges?" "Well then I need a step up transformer, or a seperate MC phono stage", "Maybe I should just look at new preamps, even thbough I love mine now", "Then I need a separate phono preamp, I've always wanted an ARC preamp", then "Hey then I could buy an ARC tube amp for the high end of the Maggies and get bi-amp them"

Does it ever stop? How can I stop the cycle? I think I'm going to drink some more wine.
macdadtexas
macdadtexas OP
1,794 posts
 
I was good for 3 weeks, but I just bought some new tubes for the output stage of my preamp (the Pope Hollands I wanted are no longer available, Darn it!!), and a new sub cable for my Rel. I think I'm like an addict that has been off the stuff for a while and just had a beer.

Hey look, someone's got some 20.1's for sale, and an ARC Ref 5, oh man and there's an ARC Ref2 phono, now I just need to put my gear up for sale. Let's see if I move money from this account to that, the wife will never know how much more I spent.........
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jmcgrogan2
6,346 posts
 
I got my Pope's! :D

Cheers,
John
vinylmeister
68 posts
 
Hehehe, try to determine how to upgrade the wine, like Italian instead of French or a more vintage one
jim_swantko
301 posts
 
First step, delete this website from your favorites list!! :)
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flg2001
543 posts
 
I started collecting wrist watches to stop buying-selling audio gear (I regret selling MANY of them) - now I have two monsters to feed!!!!
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