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I'm frustrated with people who don't ...

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Recently I was at a 3-day meeting out of town for work. For an evening activity we had a cook out at a colleague's house. While there, we gathered around his deck and a small fire in the back yard. I found myself in a group of 6 guys discussing hobbies. I mentioned my love for audio and began to describe my system and music library. Almost instantly, I was "pounced" for believing that any "hi end" component is worth the money compared to anything else one can buy from Best Buy. "Digital is digital" one guy stated, "an $89 player is as good as anything else out there". I attempted to defend my position but in no way was I able to convince anyone. I told them the next time they're in town, I'd have them over to my place and let them hear the difference, but I know most will not acknowledge the quality of sound. Footnote: I've known these guys for 3-5 years and they are professional level headed guys, I wasn't bragging, I made no grand statements that my system is better than anything else, I just talked about my interest and brought it up when they asked me. The icing on the cake was their disbelief that my system can only play one CD at a time... "you don't have a carousel on your CDP?" Man, I was frustrated.
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salmonfly
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Well, there are often some misconceptions within the audio society as well,e.g. cables are the most important items, speakers must always be used with spikes, to name a few.
We usally don´t perceive the world as it is, but as we believe it is.That´s a difference for, sure!Personally, I´m not sure if the direction in audio is towards a more "enlightened" view. We often cling to our concepts,because questioning them would be too inconvenient.

The best answer to the question I sometimes get about my other hobby (flyfishing);"why did you release all the fish you caught", is maybe,"because I wanted to do that"?Only if I think the other person is able to understand, would I bother to explain in more detail....Do I know if the other person will get it?No that´s a prediction,and like all pre-dictions uncertain.Excuse me for being somewhat philosophical.I´m a Swede.Does it matter?
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