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    My basic point was that the 'WOW factor' is at it's most with the first proper sound system one assembles. And that progressing up the upgrade ladder never brings quite the same again. Sure there are revelatory moments when a truly special bit of equipment makes its presence felt. But is the enjoyment of the system and music any greater than it was at the beginning of the journey? Somehow, I think not.
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    I think I still retain a large part of my boyish enthusiasm.
    And I am certainly getting more out of music - education and experience is a large part of that, but so are ongoing improvements to my audio system which allow me to hear more of the the music and its inner and outer complexities and also, of course, what the musicians are doing, how they are playing and interacting with each other and the space in which they are performing.
    So yes, my enjoyment is greater. Sorry.
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    Inclined to feel you can overdo the listening experience to point where the music is secondary. Dont get me wrong, we all want it to sound the best it can but at same time there is a time to just say; stuff it, I got into this to listen to music. Thats where I am.
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    Quote Originally Posted by struth View Post
    Inclined to feel you can overdo the listening experience to point where the music is secondary. Dont get me wrong, we all want it to sound the best it can but at same time there is a time to just say; stuff it, I got into this to listen to music. Thats where I am.
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    To me, it's more a case of, "Peanut Butter and Jelly are great until you taste Steak.". My first system I put together when I was only 13 years old, A Technics receiver for Christmas. Some used speakers. And a BIC turntable I bought with my own money. While I was a teenager I upgraded the speakers and turntable, and it was a very nice system! Big cassette deck, and record player and tuner, all the main sources of the day. And I kept that system until many years after I was married! And we partied and played a million records, and enjoyed it to no end. Everyone loved it! And friends came just to spin records at my house.

    But I went to the salon and saw better systems! And I heard amazing things, grand pianos and saxophones right in the middle of the room! And I have been chasing that sound ever since. And even to this day I have never reached that level, I am closer than I have ever been, and my present system is most satisfying. Just last night a lady friend stopped by and we drank beer and spun records into the wee hours, and we enjoyed the music.

    But perhaps if I had never heard anything better than my first system, I would still own it and still think it was as great as I did back then?

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    I think it's called growing up.
    As the years pass, as well as getting wrinkles you also get more sophisticated and knowledgeable about things.
    What was Great then would now be What the hell was I thinking?
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