How many times have you said.....

[PCOLASHAN]

How many times have you said "I'm done upgrading my HT"...and then find yourself tinkering or looking to upgrade. Reason I ask is because I think I have told myself and my wife at least 20 times from last year to now that I was finished, but I can't stop trying to find ways to improve my setup....it's like crack I tell ya!!!

[progers13]

Originally Posted by PCOLASHAN

How many times have you said "I'm done upgrading my HT"...and then find yourself tinkering or looking to upgrade. Reason I ask is because I think I have told myself and my wife at least 20 times from last year to now that I was finished, but I can't stop trying to find ways to improve my setup....it's like crack I tell ya!!!

Probably monthly. I'm not that bad.

[PCOLASHAN]

It has gotten so bad I just ordered a new sub that was piano black to match my Yamaha's since my old sub was wood grain black and only 6 months old I just purchased a SubDude, Speaker Dude (Awesome purchase, worth the cash) and yesterday a PS3 Slim to replace my 80 gig that went into the kids family room. I think I'm done with my HT..........for now

[PCOLASHAN]

Glad to know it's not just me,...my name is PCOLASHAN and I have an HT problem

[jswanson]

I'm constantly doing that...

[PCOLASHAN]

My friends think I'm nuts, glad you guys understand me

[bhampton]

I pretty much bought stuff that I wanted so when I got it all setup I was very happy with it and didn't want to upgrade.

I buy plenty of movies instead.

I would like to to so something with acoustical treatments someday but ... the problem is ... I am happy with everything so that keeps me lazy.

-Brian

[Fors*]

"I'm done upgrading my HT!"................................after I get my new sub today.............and new speakers and amp later this year...................which should be a few months after new furniture is added to the HT, which should be before a month or two before I add a few more LOTR collectibles. Then I feel pretty positive that "I'm done upgrading my HT!"

But to answer the question, I don't know, it is too many times to count...it really is....maybe more than 12 times in the last year, or at least once a month I guess.....

[Blu-ray Fanatic]

I haven't even started upgrading my HT

[GRIFMTL]

That's why we meet every Tuesday's and Friday evenings to help each other deal with our addiction...

[Grand Bob]

Upgrading doesn't end until:
(1) You are actually satisfied with your components to the extent that spending a great deal more money will not make it appreciably better;
(2) You run out of money
(3) Other matters (e.g. family) take priority

[Fors*]

Originally Posted by Grand Bob

Upgrading doesn't end until:
(1) You are actually satisfied with your components to the extent that spending a great deal more money will not make it appreciably better;
(2) You run out of money
(3) Other matters (e.g. family) take priority

I guess this falls under #2 and #3, but also when your wife divorces you because of your addiction and takes 1/2 your money to where you can't afford any upgrades.

[Grand Bob]

Originally Posted by Fors*

I guess this falls under #2 and #3, but also when your wife divorces you because of your addiction and takes 1/2 your money to where you can't afford any upgrades.

Silver lining to the cloud - I was able to get my first subwoofer at a reasonable price from a guy in that situation!

[ManUtd]

I stopped saying "I'm done upgrading" because that never worked. Instead I say "I'm done upgrading for now."

[Rovic]

Originally Posted by ManUtd

I stopped saying "I'm done upgrading" because that never worked. Instead I say "I'm done upgrading for now."

Same here, and now i'm currently happy with what i have so far but i warned the wife, once we are out of debt, i'm upgrading speakers....

[Fors*]

Originally Posted by Grand Bob

Silver lining to the cloud - I was able to get my first subwoofer at a reasonable price from a guy in that situation!

Is that called "trickle-down economics" then?

I agree with the silver-lining, when I got divorced, I bought a lot of goodies that she wouldn't let me have before with my money from the sale of the house.

[dg5150]

After I got my first BD player, I upgraded my subwoofer and added a subdude.

After the sub, I upgraded my receiver.

After the receiver, I upgraded speakers, including subdudes for the towers and speakerdudes for the center channel.

Now I am saving to upgrade the receiver, which is only 6 months old.

Then I will move on to the two channel bedroom setup, probably the receiver first then add a sub.

It never ends, but I save and use my "allowance", so my wife doesn't give me a hard time - she just rolls her eyes at me.

[Grand Bob]

Originally Posted by dg5150

After I got my first BD player, I upgraded my subwoofer and added a subdude.

After the sub, I upgraded my receiver.

After the receiver, I upgraded speakers, including subdudes for the towers and speakerdudes for the center channel.

Now I am saving to upgrade the receiver, which is only 6 months old.

Then I will move on to the two channel bedroom setup, probably the receiver first then add a sub.

It never ends, but I save and use my "allowance", so my wife doesn't give me a hard time - she just rolls her eyes at me.

You can get caught up in "the fever" very easily. After living with cheap components as a teen (I had no choice), I finally was able to buy my first component system, a Penney's MCS (Modular Component System) with a Sanyo cassette deck and Super D (dbx-type) dynamic range expander. When I got married, my first big upgrade step was to replace the deck with a Nakamichi 670 ZX - it cost $1200, and at the time I was making $4.83 an hour (about $10,000 a year) at the time. Stupid? Yes, very! And it just got worse from there, upgrade after upgrade. The amazing thing is that my wife has never complained about it!

[Hoser59]

My wife keeps asking if I'm done and I keep reassuring her that I am finished and happy with things. Then I come on this forum and that all goes to hell. I blame each and everyone of you

[PCOLASHAN]

Good answer, I blame all of you as well!!!! Better than blaming myself!!!