Sat listening to an album on my hifi today, first 'proper' listen since before Christmas really, what with other commitments. It struck me just how happy I am overall with my lot, in terms of hifi at least. I think I posted a similar thread in November, not long after getting the Cyrus 2 back from a re-cap and upgrade, but in the past two months I've really had chance to get used to its sound and appreciate how good it is, especially with records.
When I was younger, unmarried and had more money, I too used to throw cash around at my hifi, seeing if changing this or that would make an improvement, without ever having a proper focus on what I was actually trying to improve (just like I see certain people doing on here now).
Maybe it's middle age, but I've totally changed my tact now. Instead of going out and looking for change, I'm not doing any upgrades any more unless something comes along and absolutely proves to me that it deserves my cash by being indisputably better. It's definitely not an attitude the manufacturers want me to take; if we all only ever bought a new piece of hifi after it had passed a DBT against the item it was replacing, I wonder how many new and improved products would get left on the shelf? Very many I bet.
When I was younger, unmarried and had more money, I too used to throw cash around at my hifi, seeing if changing this or that would make an improvement, without ever having a proper focus on what I was actually trying to improve (just like I see certain people doing on here now).
Maybe it's middle age, but I've totally changed my tact now. Instead of going out and looking for change, I'm not doing any upgrades any more unless something comes along and absolutely proves to me that it deserves my cash by being indisputably better. It's definitely not an attitude the manufacturers want me to take; if we all only ever bought a new piece of hifi after it had passed a DBT against the item it was replacing, I wonder how many new and improved products would get left on the shelf? Very many I bet.