2. digital
  3. 125815-1316

Upgrade my DAC or buy more weed?

So I was just listening to Bad Company (Live) "No Smoke Without a Fire" at near deafening levels (about 94db at my seat), the REL G1 was pumping away... it sounded like I was actually at the effing concert... and I am POSITIVE my neighbor was hearing what was going on as well... and I was wondering if I really should be thinking about upgrading to a better DAC or if those funds might be better invested on more weed? 

It seems like more and more lately, that when I am baked on a heavy Indica like Bubba Kush, Blackwater or AK-47, that I seem to "get" the music more and enjoy the listening session more.  Also, it seems that I become more open to different types of music as well.  Likely the same with musicians and song writers... they probably create some of their best work when they are high.

Just wondering I guess about dumping more money into system upgrades or just leave it as is and keep on smokin' ?
128x128audiofreak32
dweller's avatar
dweller
3,781 posts
 
jafant: You don't think music is a drug? The reason I like THC is it lets me escape (transcend?) the "common". It lets me shed my "Mr. Greenjeans" brain and slip into my "Fred Astaire" self. Not bad for a few puffs.
audiofreak32's avatar
audiofreak32 OP
281 posts
 
Well put dweller...

It is with a heavy heart that I must inform anyone following this post that this will be my last entry this evening as I am starting to lose motor skills and even typing this message now, I am having to go back to really check that I spelled all these words correctly (even the small ones).  So, I must bid you all farewell and happy listening.

I have gone back in time a bit to an older Dead Can Dance song "Nierika"... pretty awesome.  It is also on their live CD "Anastasis in Concert"... WOW.
ampacitycords's avatar
ampacitycords
3 posts
 
Audiofreak32, very interesting thread, at time most people don't take it seriously it is the real trigger, I personally know few people over 40 and 50 who changed their latest models of Panasonic to an old ones Linn Majiks and else old but real Hi-Fies and even Hi-Ends after they understood the tremendous power of musical compositions in another state of mind and the Importance of quality, clarity and dynamic of sound. 
audiolabyrinth's avatar
audiolabyrinth
4,555 posts
 
Mmmmm, this is the best thread in a while!, although I’m a x smoker, I still have the musicians mind set, that said, I laughed my a-- off reading this thread, keep em coming!
2channel8
758 posts
 
Audiofreak32, I'll give you $500 for your old DAC, $100 for a month's supply of weed, and $150 for 30 minutes with your avatar model. Deal?

How fondly I remember my first time listening to Led Zep One high. A dude on a Harley pulled into the gas station I was working at on Memorial Day 1968, I think. After I washed his windshield and carefully filled his tank, he asked me for a paper towel, threw a handful of weed in it and thanked me.

I don't know where he got his weed; but wow! The music was soooo beautiful man! I took the two bookshelf speakers with me out on the roof and held them 2 inches from my ears. It was bliss! One of my fondest memories. 
More to discover