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First off, sorry for being inactive for quite some time.
Second, "the hifi world" has changed over the years, and so have my passion for hifi. I started out at the age of 13, I'm now 40 (41 in a few days), where hifi was afforable for the avarage guy. Now "HighEnd" has gone, IMO, bananas. Cudos to anyone how has made a nice living, and has the opportunity to go-all-in, getting the best of the best, but to me this is far form reach. I've put "a pair of nordost ODIN2 speaker cable set worth" into my system, spread over 25 years..... Buying and selling to make the best deals, getting what I want.
Third, now, I "there". I have built the the room I allways wanted, by myself, with my dream system. Today my system plays everyting well.. Even records thats sounded absolute horrible years ago.. now they play fine.. not reference of course, but still enjoyable. And that, to me, is key. I dont wanna sit and listen strictly to reference recordings. I enjoy going out to my "barn", with a beer, and just relax with whatever music I feel like that day.
As for keeping ones mind active.. one gotta have a hobby *.. So I gotten a new one. Not related to hifi/music.. not even one bit.. But its fun.
* a wise friend one day said; "if the boy within a man, goes away, the man is lost".... and my inner boy is childish as ever
Kind reagards
Kai