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?
I cannot be bothered with forum contribution's that read like an advertisement for Big Audio. “I own a … and it cost … and it is better because it came from…” Let’s get real here folks, anyone who is on Audiogon has owned, borrowed, bought, built and experimented with lots and lots of Stuff. You are not impressing anyone (at least not me).
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Renting/leasing a Nissan forklift to raise my amp while I dust under it. Speaker grilles Pop up ads on vinyl. They really mess with the stylus in a bad way. Kiosks and/or self-service of any kind. It's really difficult to hold the mirror AND the Dremel during a DYI root canal. Those who preach that the stuff inside our audio gear is created by a higher power and we mere mortals shouldn't mess with it. Forums with no sense of humor.
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Extra large concert venues Politics that I have no control over looking at house for sale that are 40% overpriced Filling the car with gas, oil change and all car services (Bought an ev in 2023) listening to people comparing new music and classic rock (laptop music vs actually excelling on playing an instrument) BS trends that folks are lining up for like Sheeple Music artist Genre jumping because they can’t come up with anything original in their own genre
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@hilde45 +1. |
Appreciating and experiencing incredible sound without the manic need to own it right then and there ... not easy Approaching demos with the mindset of "what is weak here" before even firing it up, then leaning into a listening positing looking for faults - this is my own character defect in life overall - WIP
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