Achieve ’Excellent Enough’ then, if you can: ’Stop, Look, Listen’.
In Photography, we call it GAS, Gear Acquisition Syndrome.
Listen, find new musical content, and re-discover what’s on the shelf. Take photos.
I found and played Grace Slick, Great Society, (Conspicuous Only In It’s Absence) yesterday. This TT, Preamp, Amp, .... ’excellent enough’
Amazing how different/better by far it sounded. It never occurred to me while listening that it could be ’better’.
The strange separation, Grace hard left, was also readily revealed. I had to let that go, in cases like that it is best to get out of the listening spot, her voice, the songs and Darby Slick’s guitar is a real treat and happy trip down memory lane.
Shutting down the analytic part of your brain, is similar to the old days of LP’s on mediocre equipment, prior to CD. We trained our ears/brain to ignore hiss, pops, clicks, go with the flow, hear/feel the music. Many 'new to vinyl' people, never acquired those skills, any noise is much more disruptive to them than old dogs like me.
Lack of those noises, perfect forever, is why we went down the CD path. I had to re-create that ability when I went back to vinyl until I acquired good cleaning skills. Also, I was not aware of, or knew anyone who explained the difference of a properly aligned cartridge. Many non-audiophile visitors here have never heard great FM, great R2R tapes, or a properly set up TT.
I love excellent engineering, and imaging, particularly Jazz combos, but I realize, many recordings, if my brain searches for imaging, disappointedly, it is a wall to enjoying the talent, content, often brilliant even if poorly engineered. Same thing with Mono: best to get out of the listening spot, and as learned here recently, play Mono thru only one speaker. Skills learned, and un-learned.
In Photography, we call it GAS, Gear Acquisition Syndrome.
Listen, find new musical content, and re-discover what’s on the shelf. Take photos.
I found and played Grace Slick, Great Society, (Conspicuous Only In It’s Absence) yesterday. This TT, Preamp, Amp, .... ’excellent enough’
Amazing how different/better by far it sounded. It never occurred to me while listening that it could be ’better’.
The strange separation, Grace hard left, was also readily revealed. I had to let that go, in cases like that it is best to get out of the listening spot, her voice, the songs and Darby Slick’s guitar is a real treat and happy trip down memory lane.
Shutting down the analytic part of your brain, is similar to the old days of LP’s on mediocre equipment, prior to CD. We trained our ears/brain to ignore hiss, pops, clicks, go with the flow, hear/feel the music. Many 'new to vinyl' people, never acquired those skills, any noise is much more disruptive to them than old dogs like me.
Lack of those noises, perfect forever, is why we went down the CD path. I had to re-create that ability when I went back to vinyl until I acquired good cleaning skills. Also, I was not aware of, or knew anyone who explained the difference of a properly aligned cartridge. Many non-audiophile visitors here have never heard great FM, great R2R tapes, or a properly set up TT.
I love excellent engineering, and imaging, particularly Jazz combos, but I realize, many recordings, if my brain searches for imaging, disappointedly, it is a wall to enjoying the talent, content, often brilliant even if poorly engineered. Same thing with Mono: best to get out of the listening spot, and as learned here recently, play Mono thru only one speaker. Skills learned, and un-learned.