Robert Harley in the recent TAS (#226) wrote an editorial about "Hedonic Adaptation". It describes the sickness that many in our hobby are inflicted with. How does this relate to the bottom octaves, a lot! Most of us are trying to raise the bar. The question begs to be asked, are you inflicted?
The bottom octaves are the hardest (to me) to get right...this is not to say that my bass is bad, it is darn good. Since I have tube amplification and preamplification, I can roll tubes to change the bar setting, but this for the most part has little effect in the sub bass region.
Speaking for myself, I cannot afford the next or newest thing that does this or that and try to get the most out of what I have. This doesn't mean that I don't look, listen to what comes along. Rather I try to rationally assess if it will raise the bar and if so at what cost. It it passes the my personal go for it tests, then I budget it into my world. So I guess I'm a soft core "Hedonist". It is about the music at the end of the day!
How do you control your Hedonist Affliction?
Jim