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
Do everything you can to get laid off or fired.

Problem solved.

You're welcome.
that works great...my job was being outsourced....I downsized my system and sold my car... my job got saved and I'm re-cableing my downsized system with all the extra money I got from downsizing my system and selling my car...
my job got saved and I'm re-cableing my downsized system with all the extra money I got from downsizing my system and selling my car...
Gandme (Threads | Answers)
Hmmm...new cables or a car...interesting choice.

Glad to hear your job was saved! (but considering you've chosen cables over a car, it sounds like the employment scare was only a temporary prophylactic to your equipment addiction...)

:)
If you don't get 20.1s, you'll always wonder... Some room treatment wouldn't hurt either (got to get on that one myself).

I guess this doesn't help much with your addiction. Haven't made much progress on mine either.