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

@oddiofyl 

You have the answer: a lush, sweet system in one room and a dry, analytical one in the other room. When the dry system starts to get on your nerves, you switch systems for a day or two. My sodium intake can fluctuate and when it's higher my tinnitus is higher and it makes the crisper sounding system temporarily unbearable.

I have my two setup like this, McIntosh with Vandersteen and Mofi Sourcepoint in the LR, Harmon Kardon 330c and Ohm Walsh 2 in the BR.  Some days only the HK will do.

@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?

My computer autocorrects Harman to Harmon.

Apologies to anyone offended, "you're welcome" to anyone it gave a laugh to.

My relationship to music listening often reminds me of my relationship to people, but not, however, to my relationship with dogs which seems never to fatigue.

I pick a different album to play. That usually does the trick. If not, I'll try another album. Never had to quit listening until another day.