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In Reply to: RE: Mejias' budget system posted by Bill the K on October 03, 2012 at 20:40:18
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I Also use the system as an excuse. When my best friend complains about my wearing shabby clothes.. I respond with: 'Yeah but i have $100,000 tied up in my stereo.. doesn't THAT count as status?'
(apparently not. Only if it was a car....)
...that many around these parts would consider very impolite to point out.
Good work!
No impoliteness intended - but why give Mejias a hard time if he's enjoying himself? I came to audio to better listen to the music I liked but gravitated to recordings with good sound first and musical merit (to my taste) second.
These days there is still a place in my collection for recordings that show off the system but I've managed to come back full circle and listen to what I really like. I think the mark of a good system is one that allows you to enjoy all your music.
Of course, if you like Jazz and female vocals you're covered both ways.
Cheers
13DoW
:-)
nt.
If they all disappeared the demand for audio gear would take a hit.
On top of that many audiophiles don't necessarily listen to their systems all the time, may go for periods not doing so, so they're out too...
Soon enough it would be gone.
Elephants welcome!
(anyway, who cares, as long as the Chinese are interested in it the rest *could* just go away LOL)
"Can you support that with measurements?"
"Yes, I sit 3m from my speakers and definately hear that there is more bass." - anonymous
"On top of that many audiophiles don't necessarily listen to their systems all the time, may go for periods not doing so, so they're out too..."
One wonders how much this is due to limitations of their systems vs. other factors. If one's system is not musical or is ultimately fatiguing, one may feel the need to turn it off and leave it off.
Tony Lauck
"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar
> > One wonders how much this is due to limitations of their
> > systems vs. other factors. If one's system is not musical
> > or is ultimately fatiguing, one may feel the need to turn
> > it off and leave it off.
To me, that is an incredibly sad statement about the people who suffer from this problem. To think of spending all that time (and presumably quite a bit of money) searching for high-level sound quality only to discover your system is really unlistenable is a fascinating concept to me.
It's one thing to have quality limitations imposed by your budget, the room or other factors beyond one's control, but quite another to intentionally choose equipment you can't live with. That truly is an elephant in the room. Yet, one doesn't have to read this and other forums for long to affirm there are plenty of people who inflict perpetual unhappiness on themselves.
In my experience it can be other things entirely, especially when observing other people.
However, I must admit that all the talk does lead me to suspect that if what you suggest, or question, is a big mitigating factor that I should thank my lucky stars I have such a great system ... and there are times when I'm not listening to mine LOL
"Can you support that with measurements?"
"Yes, I sit 3m from my speakers and definately hear that there is more bass." - anonymous
and as Milligan kept reminding us in the Q series'
"there's a lot of it about!"
And "It's all the rage" on The Goon Show.
His piss takes on Seller's manias about cars and audio remain funny and apt.
Warmest
Timothy Bailey
The Skyptical Mensurer and Audio Scrounger
And gladly would he learn and gladly teach - Chaucer. ;-)!
'Still not saluting.'
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