What do you do when the music’s not speaking to you?

@rvpiano    “Listening”

Listening to your music is not necessarily a compulsory good thing to do every day.

Listen to your body…. Habits however nice don’t have to be a constant habit.

Music is a question of balance. Listen to it too much will dim the senses and it will not be so special. When you are away from home for a few days or weeks, does the music sound better when you get that next chance to play with your system again?.

Absence of my daily musical fix for me makes the ears grow fonder. I think my body tells me personally that no matter what l think about wanting to hear music, when enough is enough for any given day.

Music is energy so maybe in your case sometimes your body may just crave a little silence once in a while?  Sounds logical and thats what l think when l can’t get into the music and it’s “not speaking to me”

@thom_oz and Harmon Kardon.

Twi Systems…. The ideal solution.

As you see l did a typo. Must have been your “Harmon” Kardon moment influence. Are you Australian oz? Australians are renown for upside down thinking.

Now seriously….. l totally agree with your two hi-fi set ups. I have to a degree settled in with twi turntables (there… done it again) 

One is Systemdek III / Syrinx PU2 arm with a MM Goldring G900IGC. The other is Logic DM101 mk2 / Syrinx PU3 and a MC Dynavector 10x5 mk2. Both have slightly different performances and cartridge type is probably key. The Systemdek etc. is highly detailed and airy, the Logic has a bold strong bass line and is more authoritative, to put it simply. Both feed through the same preamp, amplifier and speakers.

l have a discussion going on Audiogon…… “Are there any recording artists you just can’t listen to?” A similar result with two turntables. Sometimes there is music l can’t enjoy listening to do much on one system, but it sounds better and more musical on the other.

So sometimes my mood will make me mid session change over from one deck to the other. This gives me a sort of best of two worlds in my hi-fi world. Very often it can be the music l want to hear that determines the choice….Is that Harmony or Harmany?