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TLDR: There is no cure; the Music helps keep me in remission. "I MUST find some way to stop Christmas from coming!" For Tomorrow, he knew, all the Who girls and boys, Would wake bright and early. They'd rush for their toys! And then! Oh, the noise! Oh, the Noise! Noise! Noise! Noise! That's one thing he hated! The NOISE! NOISE! NOISE! NOISE! (How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Dr. Seuss) There is a constant noise in the back of our brains. I know that this can sound better (different). Somebody, someplace else, says that "IT" is better. Oh, the new USB in the new Norse God DAC is better. Or worse. We are like 10-week old kittens (I know I have two of them right now), SLEEP, RUN, Pounce on brother, meow for food, chase, dive, crash. The kittens have defined my audio journey perfectly over the last 50 years. My ears may be worse, but my sense of Music is a lot better; I still drive forward, my fingers dance over iPeng, and things are slowly calming down in general. But, FOMO hides in the shadows, waiting like that kitten to pounce. Will that Turntable sound better with a different phono stage? Do I even want the Turntable? What about a different AES cable? I am spending a lot more time working in my basement office. I need to upgrade the system down there. And so, it goes. As I look back over the last five decades, I am slowly uncovering that I like where my music systems are today. My anti-itch/anti-noise magic powder is the time and the money spent on the journey. Today, the total cost for three systems is less than one pair of speakers in the house two years ago. I still have some things to do in the office: Speakers that can be closer to the front wall and an integrated amp of some sort are on the shortlist —replacing a relatively old set of powered little studio monitors. The desktop system is now a pair of HomePod Mini's and AirPods Max Headphones, with a Mac laptop and Apple Music as the source. I am not convinced that I need anything more. Want maybe, but need or use, that is the question. Yet, that noise, that itch, should I break out the Mojo or the Lyr 3? What headphones should I use? Oh, is it time for another Pi if I can find one to buy? -------------------- FROM THE BEGINNING - Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP) There might have been things I missed But don't be unkind It don't mean I'm blind Perhaps there's a thing or two I think of lying in bed I shouldn't have said But there it is You see it's all clear You were meant to be here From the beginning Maybe I might have changed And not been so cruel Not been such a fool Whatever was done is done I just can't recall It doesn't matter at all You see it's all clear You were meant to be here From the beginning ...