Best Of

It has been a great ride, but I have reached that point where I am officially done chasing that next upgrade. The Legend L800's are singing sweetly at the very edge of their performance envelope, such that any upgrade made to the gear downstream will not produce any further sonic improvement from the speakers themselves. In order to get more from my rig, a significant sum must be spent on new speakers, and a new house to put them in.

As things stand, I can close my eyes in a darkened room and believe that Eva Cassidy is in the house, or that I am sitting on the rooftop of Abbey Road. I can be locked up in San Quentin with Johnny Cash or inside a dream with Pink Floyd. I feel blessed to be at the level I am and the enjoyment I get from being able to just sit back with a bourbon and relax is priceless. To be honest, I am not certain that tweaking things would yield anything better than what I hear now. It sounds so sublime that I am even drawn into music that I would otherwise pass over and ignore. As things have improved, so has my appreciation of genres and artists I would have paid no attention to in the past.

Thank you guys for all the advice, support, encouragement and the boot in the azz. Time now to relax into the music and simply enjoy.