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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.
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phaelon
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Don't they have gentlemen's clubs where you guys live?
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springbok10
708 posts
 
Great response, Phaelon. Just reading these neurotic mea culpas makes you an immediate member, by the way. And me, too. Just venting and free counselling provided - part of the club rules. By the way are there more than 1% women who are this crazy? I very much doubt it. Anybody know % of women who are A'goners? They are far less obsessive about their hobbies. Clothes, perfume, shoes dont count. They are bottom-line creatures; we are the crazies. OP's post proves it.
tholt
545 posts
 
By the way are there more than 1% women who are this crazy? I very much doubt it.

You have to be joking. How about every woman from teens into their 40's once a month? I'll take a fairly rational man obsessed with a couple hobbies then try to make sense of an entire gender who are generally ruled more by emotion then logic.

Audio is very much a guy's thing -- it's mechanical and gadget driven. Women aren't drawn to shiny lights and buttons like guys are.
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mitch4t
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System synergy is the key. I've looked over your system components very closely and have done a very thorough analysis. All of your cables and electronics are well matched. The glaring problem you have is that you drink wine when you listen to your system. You should be drinking top-shelf cognac instead....it will consistently get you to audio nirvana if you drink it while listening to your system.
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