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Audiophile Priorities and Recent Topics

I'm increasingly fascinated by the number of threads that have been created lately by OP's who have joined over only the last 2 months with less than 30 posts that all seem related to the importance of wires and tweaks. While I'm not dismissing the notion that everything matters in hifi (including digital cable), it seems that these topics vastly overwhelm thread topics that clearly would have more influence to hifi audio sound such as discussions of the sonic characteristics of various amplifier topologies, the importance of simplifying the signal path, and identifying fantastic speaker/amplifier synergies, etc...

If some unsuspecting newbie were to stumble onto this forum they would likely come away thinking that a fuse or a piece of wire are the most important elements towards obtaining wonderful hifi sound. This is unfortunate. For example, my discovery of listening to a SET circuit years ago paired with speakers possessing a high and flat impedance greatly outshines any joy derived from identifying the finest digital cable produced by man. I'm simply questioning the hifi priorities that this forum seems to be obsessed with lately.

Is it just me?
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tomic601
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i plan on a set of nos 6L6 sewn into the burial shroud, just in case 42+ years of chasing the dream has currency above….
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danager
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@unreceivedogma 
Sotify is that music you buy from the Sot down the street that pirates 8 tracks.

I've done them all and who knew that the most fragile, hardest to store and most inconvenient  would be the media that retained it's value.  I will think of you every time I listen to an album (digitally) and don't have to get up every fifteen minutes to turn it over, clean it, de static it and make sure I place the needle down exactly and then carefully move away.  Digital streaming is just like having a turntable with a stacker only better it turns the records over.

On another note your Karen Dalton pick was spot on.  That would be a vinyl worth owning.


krelldreams
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Late to this thread, so apologies if this has been mentioned, but the number of posts a member has made, or the length of time a person has been a member of Audiogon does not necessarily show whether that person is, or is not a “newbie”. It is possible that someone (like me) has been around this hobby for many years (decades!), and frequents this forum, but chooses not to comment too often. It is also possible that some folks who have been involved in this hobby for years haven’t felt compelled to ‘join’ Audiogon. I just wanted to point this out. I enjoy reading the forum, and I appreciate those members who contribute regularly (well, those who are helpful and constructive without being insulting), but usually I  pop in after someone has made a comment similar to something I’d contribute, and I don’t see the need to be repetitive, so I don’t post. Another reason I keep my comments to myself is that there are people who just seem to enjoy being argumentative. I love a good argument, but I prefer mine face to face 😉. End venting. 
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@danager

I read somewhere that the act of pulling a record off the shelf, removing it from its sleeve, cleaning it, placing it on the turntable, clamping it down, dropping the needle on the groove and settling into the armchair is akin to making the bed before making love.

I’m not inclined to disagree.

As to the format with the most value, us vinyl types figured that would be the case all along. It just sounds better. And since few artists record in analog anymore, the LPs that are AAA (as opposed to ADA, or DDA), are becoming rarer and rarer. I can tell, without checking the liner notes, when an LP has been mastered or remastered digitally.
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