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In Reply to: RE: Doesn't it get boring? posted by Sordidman on April 17, 2014 at 22:54:18
"I plugged in, pushed the power button in, and it made noise."
Boring would be the ideal, were it possible: "I plugged in, pushed the power button in, and it made beautiful music." Not good for the business of equipment manufactures and dealers, but good for the business of musicians and record labels. The magic should lie in the music, not the process of reproduction.
Tony Lauck
"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar
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Maybe someday, perhaps in my lifetime, engineers will develop metrics that actually correlate to what we hear.
Tony Lauck
"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar
Sorry, but I'm not understanding your point.
For me, listening to music is the ultimate way to keep my mind busy. Complexity and subtlety in music are key elements to my enjoyment. It is the very focus on the music that gives me pleasure and brings out the emotional tie.
Sometimes I just play back music in my head in solitude. I have a game where I play back selections by walking through the alphabet. And that can as easily bring tears to my eyes with some content as hearing it with my ears.
Maybe I'm just weird... :)
If you reach the point where my late wife was (and maybe you already have) you won't need a musical instrument and certainly not a stereo. You will hear everything in your head. Personally, the only time I achieved this was hearing about 30 seconds of the start of a Mahler symphony in a dream. As good as hearing it live, but then I work up. Unfortunately, I didn't figure out who was conducting. :-)
I don't believe we will ever get to the point where we can measure everything that people hear by measuring audio components, since people hear with all their senses and also their mind. An identical pattern of sound waves can be perceived differently depending on context. I believe all careful listeners appreciate this, but unfortunately not all audiophiles are careful listeners.
Tony Lauck
"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar
... Pat D.
Which, of course, is the ultimate goal of every self-respecting audiophile.
It's BOTH, but can vary in percentages of both for various people.
As formulated by you, it doesn't have much to do with "audiophile".
"The magic should lie in the music, not the process of reproduction."
How did you get a copy of my July column already? :-)
"How did you get a copy of my July column already? :-)"
Channeling. :-)
Tony Lauck
"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar
Tony, you stop talking crazy now. :)
Exactly.
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