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In Reply to: RE: Agree but I'm keeping it in the context of what the OP wants posted by audioasylumman on January 06, 2024 at 19:26:08
My personal pleasure for the better part of fifty years is reading and listening to music together. Used to be books, now it's mainly Kindle on the iPad or laptop. I don't find it "counterproductive for music appreciation"; quite the opposite. Sometimes I interrupt the reading to browse for info and analysis about the music and musicians. I suppose it's the contemporary equivalent to looking at the album cover and studying the liner notes. To each his own, obviously.
Anyway, it appears you have received some good suggestions and advice here regarding your original post. I second the recommendation to liberate the Oppo 103 deck from the closet. I ran an Oppo 205 as my streamer for a while, and it worked and sounded just fine.
. . . in theory, practice and theory are the same; in practice, they are different . . .
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... But a no less valid. I've enjoyed it too but it but reading does dilute the intensity of the listening aspect per se .
Dmitri Shostakovich
Edits: 01/08/24
My question for you and the poster below: Sitting in a dark room listening, do your thoughts never wander to things unrelated to the music? If so, I admire your focus. My mind doesn't work that way. Without a narrative or a task, I have to force myself to concentrate.
Not trying to be argumentative, just continuing what I think is an interesting discussion.
. . . in theory, practice and theory are the same; in practice, they are different . . .
... I doze off. However I still see that as different from reading or web browsing which are intentional distractions.
Dmitri Shostakovich
once a week or four I sit and listen to just the music. Other times I'm using music to type and read stuff on the web etc.
Sitting down somewhere and closing the eyes takes away many distractions for concentrating on the music. Darkening the room also helps but not as good as closing them.
Early morning or late night is also better. This is what I've found but YMMV. Interruptions inevitably occur at other times like the wife, the phone...
The entire experience is supposed to be enjoyable and take you away from the world
it divides the attention. If you are concentrating on reading then music becomes background. You can go back and forth, that's it.
If you are concentrating on music then reading is lost. Try studying for a College final doing this. This is why College Libraries are silent spaces. What percentage of road accidents involve cell phone use at the same time as driving? Plenty, but I don't have any honest stats.
Unless you can do both at the same time with full comprehension... I was told many years ago that women can do this both at the same time, but I have never met a woman who could accomplish this, it's fantasy. You can approach a stop light while having a conversation in the car but you can manage this only with divided attentions over time as you acquire the ability learned. I remember my first Driving Road Test and my instructor yelled at me to shut up and concentrate on the road.
If anybody reading this thinks they can do both with full exact comprehension, please don't follow me when I'm driving my car.
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