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Things we cannot be bothered by anymore

Occurred to me today that I have dropped stuff that I cannot just be bothered by anymore, and wondering what some of you out there have let go of as well 

Me (lean mostly into analog)

- Lifting a tonearm lever to cue a platter - no more - years off my life

- Carbon brushes, cart cleans with every spin or two - years off my life

- Ugly racks that look like ones I had in 10th grade, though cost 20x more - out 

- Listening at low volume levels to gauge audiophile purity

- A/B'ing streaming platforms 

Finale - $50 audiophile pressings "remastered from the original master tapes" that sound like sanitized cheese spread - magic gone, warped, drop-outed, bubbled, and gain-whacked (there are exceptions for sure)

 

How about you? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Showing 2 responses by dlevi67

dlevi67
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Endless discussions on cables (power and signal, both)

dlevi67
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I cannot bother with listening to horrible recordings/masterings/mixes of great music that come out of my speakers sounding like hammered dogcrap.

Totally understand the sentiment. However, I just replaced my jurassic-era DAC, and I have to be bothered again. CDs I thought were good now are meh. Some that I thought were merely good are excellent. It's not all for the worst - I'm rediscovering stuff I didn't remember I had ever listened to!

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