Really?

Really?

Posted by E-Stat (A) on October 24, 2014 at 06:21:39

In Reply to: "Damn you, Lummy!" posted by Luminator on October 23, 2014 at 10:20:08:

I have many readers, who lament that all this computer audio is "soulless." Many of these veteran audiophiles are good at setting VTA, dialing in tracking force, balancing anti-skate, adjusting azimuth, and twiddling the phonostage settings. But even these guys, who have endured that torture for decades, sigh about file types, sample rates, storage devices, playlists, backup drives, et. al.

Although I'm an aging boomer, I've found that "soulless" computer audio has allowed me to spend more time listening to music and - rediscovering music I had forgotten I had via random play and lists. Would you rather spend 10% of your listening time shuffling disks in and out of pre jitter-free CD players?

If the *magic* of the musical experience is constantly having to futz around with tonearms, count me out. I still have to deal with that periodically with a Souther and a SME, but that's not where my enjoyment lies.

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Topic - "Damn you, Lummy!" - Luminator 10:20:08 10/23/14 (19)

Welcome back Lummy. nt - paulmah@hotmail.com 14:16:28 10/30/14 (0)

Nah... the good old days were the 70's - Bill Way 00:44:14 10/25/14 (6)

Thank you for the memories, Bill* - Cleantimestream 03:58:53 10/30/14 (0)

RE: Nah... the good old days were the 70's - anthonyh 14:43:08 10/28/14 (0)

In the 70's we "boomers" were languishing in college . . . - Billy Wonka 14:00:39 10/27/14 (0)

Yep... - mkuller 11:47:11 10/27/14 (0)

Nice post! (nt) - 1973shovel 04:32:30 10/27/14 (0)

RE: Nah... the good old days were the 70's - fantja 05:52:23 10/25/14 (0)

Really? - E-Stat 06:21:39 10/24/14 (4)

RE: Really? - fantja 17:50:52 10/24/14 (3)

Ok - E-Stat 18:58:39 10/24/14 (2)

I prefer getting up and walking to the preamp... I have no use for the remote* - Cleantimestream 09:57:41 10/29/14 (1)

Some prefer the music - E-Stat 13:38:15 10/29/14 (0)

Lummy, love the consistency ... - bjh 11:19:40 10/23/14 (0)

RE: "Damn you, Lummy!" - Hi-Fi Hokie 11:05:27 10/23/14 (0)

RE: "Damn you, Lummy!" - fantja 10:58:42 10/23/14 (3)

"It's all your fault, Lummy!" - Luminator 12:04:52 10/23/14 (2)

RE: "It's all your fault, Lummy!" - fantja 13:59:54 10/23/14 (1)

RE: "It's all your fault, Lummy!" - morricab 14:19:33 10/23/14 (0)

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Really? - E-Stat 06:21:39 10/24/14 (4)

RE: Really? - fantja 17:50:52 10/24/14 (3)

Ok - E-Stat 18:58:39 10/24/14 (2)

I prefer getting up and walking to the preamp... I have no use for the remote* - Cleantimestream 09:57:41 10/29/14 (1)

Some prefer the music - E-Stat 13:38:15 10/29/14 (0)

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