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The Forest for the Trees

I caught myself last night doing something that I need to do more. I was listening to the music. I wasn’t concerned with imaging, sound stage, tonal quality, wasn’t even thinking about it. I was listening to the music. It engaged me, I was lost in it. But then, I caught myself and started thinking about why it engaged me. It sounded awesome because all of the qualities listed above were there. I need to remind myself to enjoy this hobby more for the music than the pursuit of perfection. It feels good when it happens and you don’t even know it is happening.
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@slaw: "I don’t go to his house and complain."

That brings to mind the best putdown I’ve ever heard. Led Zeppelin were on a U.S. tour in the 70’s, and attended a party in L.A. with their manager Peter Grant. When they arrived they saw Bob Dylan---whom they had yet to meet---across the room. Being as big of fans of his as are all of we, they were too intimidated to approach him. So they sent Grant, known for being an aggressive, brutish, obnoxious a-hole, over to initiate contact. Grant went over to Dylan and said: "Bob, I’m Led Zeppelin’s manager, and". Dylan cut him off, saying "Hey, I don’t come to your house and tell you MY problems."

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