Does Formula 1 racing and high end audio go together for anyone else?
I don't think nearly as many in the US are into F1 racing, as a sport, as others around the world are. At least that's my understanding. I just turned onto it a couple of years ago but really enjoy it a lot. I turned onto it the season before the big rivalry came to a head last year between my man Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton.
My big system is actually in my bedroom b/c I live in a high rise in an urban community and the other big reason is b/c acoustically it appears to be pretty good.
I'm obviously not a hard core purist, because I've got my seventy five inch big screen between my ML Summits. Anyway, I'm curious if F1 racing is a thing with anyone else and more interested in what others think about the way things are looking for Mercedes and more specifically Mr. Hamilton.
I've been enjoying alternating between listening sessions and the practice sessions and the qualifying laps yesterday and would love to hear what others have to say about the distance b/w Verstappen and Hamilton leading p to the race today.
I find it kind of hard to feel sorry for Hamilton, personally, b/c he has a tendency to come off with such an air about him. At the same time, I do feel a little bit sorry for him b/c he appears to've lost his confidence on the track. I don't think he can blame his performance this weekend on the car.
I'm also loving the competition Ferrari is showing Verstappen on the track right out of the starting gate this season.
I've found that audiophiles tend to have some similar traits in common as far as things we appreciate about life and I'm curious if anyone else around here enjoys F1 like I do? And especially thoughts about the rivalry b/w Verstappen and Hamilton and the season so far in general.
There are similarities. All too often, F1 is an unexciting parade of money and technology, with little actual racing. All too often, high-end audio is an unexciting parade of money and technology, with little interest in actual music. In over 50 years of watching road racing, the best racing I ever saw was a Pro Spec Miata event. And, I'd rather listen to good music on an indifferent system than bad music on the best system money can buy. |
@stilljim - You could be back home to Cincinnati from Anderson Speedway faster than you could get out of some of the parking lots at Indy. It's a great race. Seriously, a better spectacle and more interesting than nearly any type of motorsport I've ever witnessed. Not as racy as a great motoGP race, especially the smaller displacement support races where packs of 3/4/5 or more swap leads multiple times per lap, and the finish is often a drag race between the top 3/4/5 riders out of the last turn. BTW, I love Formula 1. But I'm a technology geeks, so there's that.... |
HUGE F1 fan here and have been for a LONG time. Also very much into sportscar series like LeMans, Daytona, etc. Have been to the F1 race in Austin a couple of times and absolutely had a blast. A while back I was in Monaco the week AFTER the F1 race so MISSED it. I also have an obsession with air cooled Porsches... |
