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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Baseline" data-source="post: 1185826" data-attributes="member: 14307"><p>Much of the obsession is driven by false expectations. Perhaps you attend a hifi expo and hear something that sounds great. You then wish to have that sound produced by your system but, that same system will sound different in your room. Even in the expo room, tracks have been carefully chosen that that show the system off to best effect. Most of your regular music collection will sound pretty much as it already does on your system. Then there are the "professional" reviews and manufacturer releases about their latest offerings which wax lyrical about everything and that is usually, only partially true. We also fall into the trap of buying with our eyes instead of our ears. Who doesn't love the visual appeal of an Accuphase or McIntosh amplifier. Most often though, it is a function of complacency, familiarity and boredom with our present system and consequently the ear and brain seek new stimulus from a "different" sound. Often the "so-called" upgrade is really just a different sound that in due course, once again requires "upgrading", which as we have established, is simply another new / fresh sound.</p></blockquote><p></p>