I'm pretty sure I'll never be happy with my system because I'll always love music and will always want to be 'touched' more by it. Better equipment has always allowed the music to affect me more, drawing me closer to what can be a heart rendering experience - good equipment can bridge the gap between hearing music and experiencing a real event.
I recently had to offload a very expensive and very satisfying set of speaker cables for financial reasons and replace them with a pair a quarter the price. The decline in the quality of the music was immediate and all too obvious. I have to say I don't look forward to listening as much as I did. I used to throw disk after disk into my CD player and listen for a couple of hours with my girlfriend over a bottle of wine. Now, even she can't wait till my system is 'back in action' as she says.
Were my last few upgrades to result in scant improvement, I'd likely settle for what I have and think that I'm missing nothing. But my upgrades have yielded results. I've little doubt that improvements in equipment and consequent experience/musical appreciation await me as I invest more in my equipment. I can't wait.
I recently had to offload a very expensive and very satisfying set of speaker cables for financial reasons and replace them with a pair a quarter the price. The decline in the quality of the music was immediate and all too obvious. I have to say I don't look forward to listening as much as I did. I used to throw disk after disk into my CD player and listen for a couple of hours with my girlfriend over a bottle of wine. Now, even she can't wait till my system is 'back in action' as she says.
Were my last few upgrades to result in scant improvement, I'd likely settle for what I have and think that I'm missing nothing. But my upgrades have yielded results. I've little doubt that improvements in equipment and consequent experience/musical appreciation await me as I invest more in my equipment. I can't wait.