"audiophiles listen to their equipment"


That quote is misattributed to Alan Parsons, as I understand. Anyway saying there's a problem with wanting good sound is like saying an instrument designer, aiming for beautiful sound, could not possibly be a music lover and is only interested in the sound of the instruments. I.e. the sound is inseparable from the music. For me the beauty of the sound, good microdynamics, and so on, are the "doors" to the meaning of the music.

magon

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I'm old so...

First it was the table radio with the pretty glowing tubes.  Wonderful... how does it all work?

Then Ham Radio to talk with the world, and more equipment fascination. 

As a teen it was all about the music... loved the Do-Wop but how bad was that sound?  Darn Barry Gordy left us no SQ.

Then, sixty years of equipment and sound fascination at the same time.  Thousands for stuff for slightly better sound? Better cables in my rig?  Pretty stuff?  More realistic?  You bet.

The best of both worlds.  Now to enjoy hours at a time.

My ears, my money.  

All good...