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Two-way Tie - Review Preamble Rewards - Part 1

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Posted on April 7, 2012 at 17:22:07
bjh
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 "Look: I mean, listen: I mean, look: I'm the sort of guy who is comfortable with the idea that there's more than just music to this whole hi-fi thing. It's not all about the music. That's bullshit. It's also about friendship and peace and art and beauty. It's about belonging. You can get into hi-fi even if you don't listen to music. What? Yes! It's about getting drunk and high and lost. It's about girls and boys. It's also about the gear. But you can get into hi-fi even if you don't like gear. What? Yes! It's about more than just what the gear does. It's also about how the gear looks when it does what it does. Hi-fi is a full-on sensory attack, a blissed-out mind-fuck, an ocean, a sky, a lion in the tall, yellow grass. We feel with our heads and our hearts, with our ears and our eyes and every little bit of our little human selves."

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RE: Two-way Tie - Review Preamble Rewards - Part 1, posted on April 8, 2012 at 09:26:24
lord addleford
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 lol
you have written a fine parody of the style, but you forgot the girls. now submit a rewrite.

 

RE: Two-way Tie - Review Preamble Rewards - Part 1, posted on April 8, 2012 at 09:31:41
John Atkinson
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 >"Hi-fi is a full-on sensory attack, a blissed-out mind-fuck, an ocean, a sky, a
>lion in the tall, yellow grass. We feel with our heads and our hearts, with our
>ears and our eyes and every little bit of our little human selves." - Stephen Mejias

Thanks for reminding me about this piece, bjh. It dates from almost
3 years ago, BTW (see link below).

John Atkinson
Editor, Stereophile

 

I like that one - I've met people who fit each category. *, posted on April 9, 2012 at 08:34:24
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The point is, he fits every category. -nt, posted on April 9, 2012 at 10:47:52
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As do I, maybe you....but their are plenty who fit in only one., posted on April 9, 2012 at 11:42:32
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 ;D





 

It's not about us. -nt, posted on April 9, 2012 at 13:03:09
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Sure it is., posted on April 9, 2012 at 13:18:04
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 It's potentially about all of us!

Hence, his use of the non-first person:

"You can get into hi-fi even if you don't listen to music."

"...you can get into hi-fi even if you don't like gear."

"We feel with our heads and our hearts, with our ears and our eyes and every little bit of our little human selves."

Certainly it is about "us," if you relate to what he says.







 

RE: Sure it is., posted on April 9, 2012 at 14:19:13
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 It's potentially about all of us!

You're getting carried away.

"Certainly it is about "us," if you relate to what he says."

Telling caveat. Then, it's about you.

 

Fair enough. So, then..., posted on April 9, 2012 at 14:43:01
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 If you would be so kind, do any parts of his essay apply to you?

If so, which parts?





 

RE: Fair enough. So, then..., posted on April 9, 2012 at 14:50:38
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 I'm an audiophile.

 

Congratulations. *, posted on April 9, 2012 at 15:18:53
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FYI -nt, posted on April 9, 2012 at 16:41:37
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 nt

 

Lost in Audio - part 1, and then part 2. , posted on May 20, 2012 at 03:01:53
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RE: Two-way Tie - Review Preamble Rewards - Part 1, posted on May 21, 2012 at 16:49:30
JNS
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 Ugh! I do however appreciate S.M. reminding me about what I dont like about this hobby.

 

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