Yo-Chipster;you sound like the lonesome Maytag Repairman.I have known a number of guys over the years with what I would call "different"types of involvement patterns,that are very"different" from mine.Recently,I went to a friend's house to listen.(New acquaintance) Anyway,he has this stack of say 2/3 hundred lps.He doesn't know anything about any of them.I have a thousand or more,with a story of some involvment with each of them.(memories)I actually think he bought the collection; whole;All mint,but opened. A few months latter,he tells me he sold all his equiptment.I guess what I'm saying is music has been a life long love "affair" for me. I am thankful I have pretty good stuff,but I'd be in prison without it.I have a friend who doesn't have ANY favorite singers or groups;he just listens for the "highs" or say just some of the percussion;and the conversation goes around these things.They don't have favorites because their involvement is with the equipment;hey we're not all the same;that's ok.I don't pretend to be capable of WRITING the definition for what qualifies us as Audiophiles. Or, --before I went to school, I didn't know what the word ENGANEER ment;now I are one. To close,I'll borrow from your first sentence,and from Mel Torme,and it comes out: "I know it has been said many times,many ways; Merry Christmas---" to all!!
DO AUDIOPHILES EVER LISTEN TO MUSIC?
I have'nt checked the archives on this and maybe it's been said before, but I was just thinking, when was the last time I or other audiophile nuts like myself, just listened to the music( No Doobie Brother pun intended). I just recently sold my Quicksilver Mono blocks and sometimes I don't know what to do with myself because I bought a Sim Integrated amp and there aren't any tubes to change. I still manage to pull my speakers out and toe them in or is that out. No I think I'll put them back the way they were yesterday because I know that I noticed a little more bass, but I did notice that the speakers did image better when I pulled them out further. I just think I should sell this amp or get another tube amp because I can modify it by putting some of these extra tubes I kept just in case I bought another one. Well, at least for now I can keep swapping my 10 brands of inter connects to see if that makes a difference. It has to or else I wouldn't have so many pairs. If I can just save enough money for that new 24/96 dac, I'll have the perfect system. I dont have a digital cable so I'll see what Stereophile recommends. I think I'll get some room treatments to cure the brightness or just tear down my drapes to liven up the room. If I just kept those tubes everything would be O.K at least for another day. Am I alone in this or are there maybe one,two or maybe three hundred people who feel the same way as I do. The only time I really listen to music is at my friends house when he has his old Onkyo receiver and Pioneer changer going on random play. It may not sound great but it's fun and I can actually listen to a whole song. This audiophile business is a chore and a pain in the butt, but I would'nt change it for anything else in the world. How about you? Any comments?