I’ve reached “peak gear”

Oh do I get where your coming from. In my gear pimp says it was way to easy to get upset when a client said “no more, I’m done!” Over time I turned it around, I had done my job well, they were happy and because of the advice and gear they were always sending me new clients.
For some of us this adventure will never end, we will always be chasing that next step in tone. We can’t abandon the others who have more self control, they are the ones the forums really help. They come here on their musical adventure looking for advice that actually has roots in experience not the GC pro audio dude of the weeks masterbation fantasies.
John maybe you need to look at this as more of a graduation. We have taught them well, it is time for them to leave the nest. Do not worry they will be back because they will realize there is always something. Something wrong, something new, something they need clarification of.
Saturday night I was reminded of why I am here, I was sitting at the bar across the street and of course he was there. We all know him, that guy, the one who thinks having PT and a generic made in China LDC.
You know him, the guy who can always make things sound pretty with his favorite plugins ( ironically Adam was playing Tom Waits so we were listening to anything but pretty).
This guy had no concept of painting an environment with choice and position of a mic, has probably never found his happy place by Switching out an API pre for a Neve. Hell he didn’t even seam to notice how if you move your head from side to side where he was sitting you can hear the Comb filtering of the M audio speakers above the bar.
I come here to escape that guy, I come here because John Epstein is crotchety, Chris is going to beat me to the stupid pun and one up my response. I come here because Hudson will pop in or Hunter will spill the beans on something I will never have. I come here because JK and Vincent and his wife are the living breathing acid tests for any mic. Martin is a less political Jason Isabel and is buddy MF’s writings were my introduction to John Hiatt, and Richard Thompson. DrBill and I can have a disagreement and still respect each other (Bill of course gives us all street cred with that important Disney audience. I come here because I know I can give Brad, Matt or Jeff a call. I come here because this is a place of people, people who as much as we might disagree about anything else all love audio.

Definitely, I was thinking about starting a WIP thread. On that other site for me personally it's one of the best and most helpful threads on there, we have an extremely helpful, knowledgeable and sympathetic community so I doubt "recommendations" would be required. Obviously I'd never want to dictate anything to anyone and I have zero say in anything anyway (which of course I have no issues with).

I've just noticed (on other sites) those sort of threads can devolve quickly sometimes, one needs to take criticism on the chin and respect that others are only trying to help. Also on the other side of the fence realise that it's a WIP thread, they aren't going to wrinkle free when they've just come out of the washer, neither is pure negativity useful. Johnkenn , what do you think? 

This is a great site Johnkenn - yeah, life does get crazy sometimes. Over here it’s been 3 floods in the studio over the last 4 months... 2/3 of the studio disassembled, moved and down to studs w flooring removed... and that’s the easier side of life’s situations we’re going through lately. Been swamped taking care of “emergencies.” Man, I miss having the time to hang here and interact with the RGO brethren. God is good in the midst of it all... but I do look forward to things settling down and having more time to post and interact here again.
Oh, And I was done with purchases too... for about a month or two until the Arturia Polybrute came out. I caved... and I’m glad I did

Definitely, I was thinking about starting a WIP thread. On that other site for me personally it's one of the best and most helpful threads on there, we have an extremely helpful, knowledgeable and sympathetic community so I doubt "recommendations" would be required. Obviously I'd never want to dictate anything to anyone and I have zero say in anything anyway (which of course I have no issues with).

I've just noticed (on other sites) those sort of threads can devolve quickly sometimes, one needs to take criticism on the chin and respect that others are only trying to help. Also on the other side of the fence realise that it's a WIP thread, they aren't going to wrinkle free when they've just come out of the washer, neither is pure negativity useful. Johnkenn , what do you think? 

It's interesting, I didn't read anything odd or confrontational into what the OP said.  I think it's perfectly sensible.  Sometimes the hunt for gear euphoria is a distraction.  Sometimes it's a welcome and fun distraction.  But I didn't interpret any kind of knock on the forum in the OP saying they needed to pull back from sonic tail-chasing and just get to work on content.  If, for them, that means less forum time, then that's how it is for them.  I was surprised to see that many people's response to it was to come to the defense of RGO.  That was a non sequitur to me, as I didn't read any kind of criticism of RGO in what the OP was saying.  But we all interpret these things differently.  

Happy music-making and sonic dilly-dallying to all.  I enjoy both pursuits.  

I should ask "Spock" that question next time.
Well half a glass is better than none.
Chris