Wasted Years.


When  I think of all the years I wasted listening for sound rather than music I am totally chagrined .  After a very long period of placing the quality of my stereo above the beauty of music I’ve finally come around to what I started listening to music for in the first place.  It’s especially a source of embarrassment for me since I spent the first few decades of my life as a musician!  
My quest for getting better sound actually replaced my quest for the greater appreciation of my art.  
 What a pleasure it now is to search for things to play based on what I really love rather than picking out something because I want to hear how it sounds.  What an empty pursuit that is for me! 
It actually took many of my (and others’) postings on this forum to achieve this state of mind.  
Now I appreciate all the work I put into the sound even more.

Nirvana!

rvpiano

When I listen to music that’s well recorded I listen on my big rig.  When I’m in the mood to listen to really good music that’s not well recorded I enjoy it on a Bluetooth speaker or with my earbuds and therein lies the peace.  I refuse to “dumb down” my big system to sugarcoat poorly recorded material and much prefer using the playback system commensurate with the level of the recording, but that’s me.

Enjoy your music on your system...you put it together and relax and listen to wonderful  music...Enjoy my man.

I listen music now not the sound,....

A minimally satisfying acoustical threshold was reached then it is enough satisfying  to forget the sound completely...

 I pity anyone who buy gear in a squirrel wheel circle of upgrades..

Setting up a really well matched second system has made me enjoy music more than ever.   I feel no need to upgrade like in the past.  It gives me 80% of my main system and at the same time let's me appreciate my main system even more.  I just set up a turntable in that room, it's more forgiving of records that aren't so great. 

That plus millions of songs at my fingertips has really made me enjoy the music and not think so much about hardware.