Maybe it's a good thing that you remain disappointed because this drug did much much worse damage to a few bank accounts than heroin ever came close to doing. Heroin was my best friend whereas crack was heroin's acquaintance. * Cringe
Maybe crack is like weed in that most people don't get high or really high the first time. I don't really hear people talk about this but then I don't hear many people talking about smoking crack. It was probably my second or third time smoking that I understood what a good hit felt like, so maybe it's a problem with inhaling and holding it. Maybe you got some crappy freebase instead.
Truth is, you shouldn't need much more than a five dollar rock to get high, but you'll want more. The intense high is over in minutes and the stimulating effects are over within 20.
It should sound like youre cooking bacon on the stovetop while burning it and completely vaporize or melt into the chore. Your head should sound like its buzzing, like you've pressed both your ears inside of a conch shell. This is how I used to differentiate what was good versus what was highly cut/and or freebase.