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What Audio Religion have you converted others to successfully?
We all have certain audio proclivities, some we expose to the world, some we hide even from our priests and psychotherapists. We believe, strongly, there's a certain way to achieve magic. A state of enlightenment which raises our awareness almost instantly to resonate with the sacred muses, and may actually transcend music and audio to reach the divine (as opposed to Divine).
In most cases, we share something with a loved one and they're like "um, ok, are still on for fishing this weekend?" but rarely, ever so rarely, the go home, they don't talk to their spouses, their children think there is something wrong, and they call you late at night. "You know that thing you did, with the cables and the vinyl and stuff? How can I do that too? Does my spouse need to know? Can I keep things at your place?"
So, my fellow audiophiles, what proclivities do you find yourself championing, and what do you think is an easy vs. a hard sell? Vinyl? Room acoustics? Rubbing Portuguese safflower oil on your cables before listening?
In most cases, we share something with a loved one and they're like "um, ok, are still on for fishing this weekend?" but rarely, ever so rarely, the go home, they don't talk to their spouses, their children think there is something wrong, and they call you late at night. "You know that thing you did, with the cables and the vinyl and stuff? How can I do that too? Does my spouse need to know? Can I keep things at your place?"
So, my fellow audiophiles, what proclivities do you find yourself championing, and what do you think is an easy vs. a hard sell? Vinyl? Room acoustics? Rubbing Portuguese safflower oil on your cables before listening?
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Erik, being an audiophile (is there a qualifying test, here on east coast they used to be called Regents exams), sometimes I feel like I’m in one of those movies where you come out of the basement to find all of humanity has vanished. Looking for another audiophile is like finding another soul in an otherwise empty planet. then I joined an audio group ( no, not Agon)! Getting together at showrooms or homes was like underground secret society get togethers. Or worse, college campus group chats, where people spew unintelligible strings of thoughts to make others think they sound smart. And some other people there were just...nice. Normal? oh wait, am I going astray from your original post? ok, audio Religion: when I paid a steal of a price on used equipment, I preached that everyone should go the used route. Thinking everyone should replicate the high I got by getting something so good for so cheap. When i paid a steal of a price for my next item that turned into being useful as a boat anchor, I preached that nothing comes close to warrantees from reputable dealers. when I finally got all the pieces to complete my one brand surround system, I thought my system sounded great. And I told that to anyone who would listen. A lot of people were polite and complimented me, wherein I quickly offered to help them recreate what I had built. Maybe “offered” is not the right word. Perhaps...”nagged”. to higher than mighty/know it alls, a college professor once told me : imagine how much you can learn after you know it all. Me included In this group. there’s an old twilight zone episode where a guy finds a pair of glasses in his attic that have the inscription “veritas” on the frames. When he puts the glasses on he can hear what his friends are really thinking when they talk about him. Ouch! then-one of his friends grabs the glasses from him and by chance looks in the mirror. The truth about oneself is enough to off oneself. Avoid it at all costs and remain with your delusions, for sanity’s sake. |
OK, so here is in fact a textbook example of a "Freudian slip." World renown attorney Lin Wood filed a document with the court in which she declares her statements are made "under plenty of perjury." https://twitter.com/steve_vladeck/status/1340295356190502912
So, we meet both criteria. :) |
I’m going to answer your question seriously--because it seems like a serious question, well-posed. All I try to convey to others whenever discussing audio gear & music reproduction is my preference for gear that sounds as much as possible like music performed live in a real performance space. The example I usually use is the symphony orchestra in a large hall with good acoustics: the music comes at the listener as a series of large wavefronts. One doesn’t hear bass vs midrange vs treble, but instead, large waves of sound launched from the stage. IRL music, the upper mids & lower treble are never edgy; the treble sounds only as "airy" as the dimensions of the hall allows; bass hits the diaphragm, being felt as well as heard; and dynamics are epic & natural. Only by comparing audio reproduction to the real thing can one rise above the obsession with gear voiced this or that particular way. This means letting go of things like enhanced/edgy transients; spotlighted & sculpted image placement in the soundstage; boomy, hyped bass, and other audio familiar tropes. To paraphrase Duke Ellington: if it sounds like real music, it is good audio. |
