Not sure if I'm using the right terminology here but anyone else here sometimes take their system for granted (not intended of course)? I suppose it's a slightly different way of talking about ''upgraditis'', etc.
As an example, I recently upgraded my speakers and for the first time purchased a brand new pair. Soon as I connected them up it just sounded so good, everything sounded bigger, more open and all the nuances coming out. My system had the same ''sound'' but just on a larger scale, suppose because I upgraded the size of the speaker and from the same range so I kept the signature sound. I did the usual thing of playing loads of albums I've lived with for years and listening to how improved they sounded with details jumping out, more life to the dynamic shifts, etc.
Fast forward 2-3 months and because I've become so accustomed to how my system sounds, I feel like I'm not hearing that improvement anymore, it's like I'm just taking it for granted at how good it sounds, wishing I could hear yet more improvement. It's hard to describe the feeling and trying to get across what I mean but maybe some can relate.
What made me start this post is earlier this afternoon I was playing some albums and for what ever reason it felt like I could hear my system unbiased for the first time in months. It's kind of like it sounded better than ever before and I felt I was hearing it how it really is, rather than thinking to myself what/where improvement could be made.
I can't remember what thread it was posted in but I remember recently reading a post from Macca (I think) about trying to listen to one's system with the mindset of it being someone else's and trying to remove any bias. I find this really hard to do myself, but maybe I had a similar result today, even if not approaching it in the same way.