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My system has just received the ultimate insult

The girl I have been seeing recently has shown complete indiffrence to my system. (Melos MA-333, Adcom GCD-750, Oddesy Stratus, ML SL3's) Yesterday, I brought up the subject while in my car and she mentioned that she had bought a pair of speakers for $100 that sounded the same. How I wish that were true! I mentioned that she (like others) has no ability to hear or appreciate the difference. She of course disagreed. I said, that is like saying "all people look just about alike and are equally attractive". She again could not see my logic. When we got home, I played a track for her on my $150 sat/sub with a $20 portable CD player and asked her to listen to it. I then played the same track for her on my system and to my amazement, she said it sounded noticable WORSE! She described it as sounding like a radio station that was not tuned properly with lots of static. What I am assuming is that she has never heard a system that had any kind of hi-freq extension and likened it to "static". Others have heard my system and are completely blown away with every aspect of how it sounded. We have much different tastes in the music we listen to. I have 2 questions to ask, 1) is it possible that she could enjoy listening to 'Her' stereo as much as I enjoy listening to mine? 2) may I continue to be involved with her and still have the respect of my peers?

For the record, I listened to it last night after the insult, and it sounded as wonderful and envolving as ever!
pmwoodward
tireguy
1,964 posts
 
Very true, I suppose there is a reason why I am single! I am fairly young/ignorant often, and am sure I have a lot to learn about life and relationships but in the mean time I am aloud to be super particular, unlike Sinatra-The pickin’s AREN’T slim, yet, but there is still room for doubt. To me at the point I am in my life if a girlfriend could not appreciate the system she would hit the road, my theory may change with age, who knows? But either way it is food for thought. Tim
goliverjr
102 posts
 
Am looking for woman who likes audio, kids, dogs and various other furry critters. Needs good ears, patience, cleaning skills,and must have loving disposition. If not into audio, must at least be able to not passive aggressively use it as a weapon ( or aggressively, for that matter).Total picture: 2 kids, 2 dogs, 2 cats, 2 ferrets,1 Russian dwarf hamster, 3 audio systems, & 49.5 yr. old widower.So,be patient, but there are a lot of other issues that will come up as well, so see how this one works out, and keep Kenny Rogers advice in mind-" know when to hold 'em", when to fold 'em........" esp. before tying any knots.
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estrnad
117 posts
 
Make tracks pal. It's love me, love my stereo. She obviously hates you.
mlg
56 posts
 
I used to think it would be nice to have a girlfriend or wife that I could enjoy listening to the system with. The wonderful girl I married likes to listen only occasionally (at lower volume and with some lights on). Now I realize it's good this way because most of the time, not only do I get to hear the music I want to hear, I get the sweet spot all to myself!
pmwoodward OP
94 posts
 
I have enjoyed the feedback. As an update, this was posted perhaps to get a bit of sympathy and get a few laughs from others with like interests. She treats me quite well. I am just amazed that she views my system as such. On a portion of a musical track that has no hi-freq material, the 'offending distortion' is gone. However, all of the wonderful attributes of the remaining sound presentation are completely without merit to her. I have had lots of other speakers, amps, and preamps and do not find this system to be bright. As others have mentioned, she does not care to have the volume as high as I like it. I recently had the oportunity to test our abilities to hear high frequency (at a science museum) and I surprisingly had a bit of an edge on her. It is also interesting to note that she almost never plays music for herself. The good news is that she never tries to discourage me from 'listening' and even 'tolerates' my crappy sounding stereo because she wants to be with me when I listen. Needless to say, I won't be asking for her opinion when auditioning new equipment!
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