Quote Originally Posted by bturk667
As an audiophile I disagree. I recieved more peace, happiness, and all around good feelings after I up-graded my system. Not to mention a hell of a lot better sounding system! So I guess not all audiophiles would agree with your statement above.
You are actually making my point.

If, as upgraded, your system makes you happy, then Good for you!

If, it is the actual process of upgrading what makes you happy, then, once again, Good for you!

However, if that happines only last a brief moment before you start to "hear" room for improvement, and you feel that vanity-driven voice in your head telling that no, it its not good yet, you must buy better cables, or speakers or whatever, then, even one more time, Good for You!

My point is that TO ME an audiophile is a person who is obsessed with always improving his system. You might call that happiness, but I don't. :-)

I am pretty sure this does not applies here, but . . .

Once we have commited a lot of time or energy to a cause, it is nearly impossible to convince us that the cause is unworthy - Dr. Elliot Aronson on cognitive dissonance