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Getting into the music

I’ve found, to my dismay, that it’s very difficult for me to listen to music for the music itself these days. Since I got into this audiophile game many years ago, little by little my musical appreciation has eroded to the point that I find it very hard  to comprehend the music itself if it doesn’t sound good.  Too often I’m listening for sonic delights rather than the message the composer is trying to convey. I find myself going from composition to composition looking for audio niceties. When something sounds good I can then begin to get into what the composer is saying. 
As a former musician, this would have been unthinkable years ago.  Music was everything to me.

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minkwelder
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Whenever I visit my brother and we retreat to his basement lair to enjoy a few fine intoxicants, I'm always struck by how much I enjoy the music. It doesn't seem to matter that it's played through a cheap Sherwood AV receiver and a $200 pair of haphazardly aimed Athena towers; the left of which is shoved into one corner with a candle and nik-naks on top.

I get a similar effect listening to CD's on my Arcam Solo and Andrew Jones Pioneers out in my garage shop. It seems as if I give the music a little more respect for sounding better than I think should be possible.

Then, when I listen to my main system, I'm somehow expecting better than I perceive it to be and I'm back in hyper-critical mode once more. It's frustrating.

     

minkwelder
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@mahgister 

Similarly, with my Joseph Audio Pulsars, the 5" woofers don't produce the lowest bass but, depending on the source material, I don't usually miss it. The Pulsars replace my Aerial Acoustics 10-T's which actually tended toward too much bass in my 15.5' x 23' room so, overall, I'm happier with the Pulsars. I think with some modest room treatments I will finally be happy or.......wonder if I should add a subwoofer.

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