I keep asking myself, "how can I make what I'm listening to, sound 'better'?"
I keep finding myself wanting to spend more money on audio equipment, when in reality, perhaps I don't really need to.
I apparently have a top of the line DAC (my cellphone of all things... the LG G7), good headphones (Grado RS1i, among others) and decent source(s) (high quality streaming apps...).
And yet, I never feel "fulfilled", "satisfied" or that "wow" factor anymore. (it's extremely rare)
I remember feeling this way in my earlier days of finding high end audio (being easily wowed that is) ... though the equipment hardly changed since then, I did have some wow moments pairing an old 70s Technics stereo receiver with my Grado's and also when I had a pair of Lambda Nova Basic's by Stax (I miss them).
Have I just simply (naturally?) grown miserable? More "jaded" and "over it" ? What am I looking for , what will "wow" me again?
Ironically enough, the last "wow" moment was when I briefly had the Topping D30 DAC paired to my computer and RS1i's. (Though I was told my phone was doing a better job than the Topping DAC this whole time!). Why did I have that teary eyed wow moment with the Topping then??
Was I just having a bad day and that particular song "moved me" more so than it normally would have?
I'm not sure if I'm making much sense.
I'm just trying to figure out whether more "better" audio equipment will bring me "more joy" or whether it's just me.
Thank you for reading.
I keep finding myself wanting to spend more money on audio equipment, when in reality, perhaps I don't really need to.
I apparently have a top of the line DAC (my cellphone of all things... the LG G7), good headphones (Grado RS1i, among others) and decent source(s) (high quality streaming apps...).
And yet, I never feel "fulfilled", "satisfied" or that "wow" factor anymore. (it's extremely rare)
I remember feeling this way in my earlier days of finding high end audio (being easily wowed that is) ... though the equipment hardly changed since then, I did have some wow moments pairing an old 70s Technics stereo receiver with my Grado's and also when I had a pair of Lambda Nova Basic's by Stax (I miss them).
Have I just simply (naturally?) grown miserable? More "jaded" and "over it" ? What am I looking for , what will "wow" me again?
Ironically enough, the last "wow" moment was when I briefly had the Topping D30 DAC paired to my computer and RS1i's. (Though I was told my phone was doing a better job than the Topping DAC this whole time!). Why did I have that teary eyed wow moment with the Topping then??
Was I just having a bad day and that particular song "moved me" more so than it normally would have?
I'm not sure if I'm making much sense.
I'm just trying to figure out whether more "better" audio equipment will bring me "more joy" or whether it's just me.
Thank you for reading.
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