ChrisOc
Headphoneus Supremus
End game is where I’m at, it just means you are done. Utility reached no need to spend more or try new things. It’s not something you need to declare nor something to convince yourself. You will know it when you are there and ignorance can be bliss
Fascinating discussion! Is there ever an end game or TOTL (before ashes to ashes, dust to dust)? It seems to me that the real issue is whether we chase the illusive or we discipline ourselves and/opt for elective ignorance.
I admire those who can remain disciplined so as to choose to ignore the latest driver combinations and sound or simply ignore the visual appeal of some of the gear. Much though I tell myself to be disciplined, I fall on the side of the ill-disciplined, the "collector" or so I tell myself. I am still trying to resist the temptation to collect and aim for that illusive sound. In the meantime, I assure myself that I am a collector, which indeed I am, but to what end.
On the other hand, I must say, sitting down to listen to music on my open-back planar Blon B20, which is so detailed that it feels like, I sit at attention to listen to each note and take in everything to the point that it is a bit demanding. Alternatively, I pick up the byrilium Blon B08 (no, I promise, I am not a Blon fanboy) which is so musical that I get lost in the harmony, just drift between memories the particular track evokes, or other pleasant thoughts, or just fall asleep because the headphones make no demands of me.
BUT, the over ear headphones are too hot for the summer or any length of listening time, so I get the the Pizen DLC for some DEEP BASS, the T4 to give me some treble time or TRI I3 "ear speakers", because my wife and daughter don't want to hear my music on the Q Acoustics speakers.
Oh! It is now time to get the best deals, so I get more, there are multiple drivers or, no, a single DD that puts all the multi-drivers to shame....and source, Fiio, Shanling...on and on it goes, making excuses to get more and more gear and eventually save up for the TOTL, as determined by cost not necessarily by value or sound quality, or deluding myself that I can discipline myself enough to get the endgame and stick to it.
My confession is, despite the obvious delusion that I am going for this bit of sonic pleasure or that bit of timbre, I am enjoying the ride and ultimately I am enjoying my music and dream of the day when I stop chasing the illusive and instead settle for what I have.