It’s a Life Sentence ... you feel it, I feel it, and everyone else here feels it! Best if we just except it. Only difference being, we are, our own Judges. Nice feeling :-)
Un-becoming? Ain't gonna happen ............
un-becoming an audiophile
Yes, the title is what is sounds like.
I remember long ago, as a boy, I used to be able to enjoy music without picking apart a track. is the bass tight? is the midrange clear and life-like? is the treble resolution spot on? What about imaging/sound stage?
Most people have this very same superpower - not being an audiophile. They can play a song from the worst earbuds, laptop speakers, or even computer speakers - and enjoy the music; even sing along. They aren’t thinking about "how it sounds" or scrutinizing the audio quality. Actually, they couldn’t care less. They can spend their time on other life pursuits and don’t feel a need to invest big money (or much money at all) in the hi-fi hobby.
Any psychologists or scientists in the building? (please no Amir @amir_asr ) since you are neither! ...despite the word "science" being in your domain name - audio science review.
Please, I beg you. Help me get away from this hobby.
Imagine - being able to enjoy all of your favourite music - while still achieving that dopamine rush, along with serotonin, and even oxytocin - the bonding hormone, which can be released while listening to songs with deep emotional messages, or love songs.
We’re very much like food critics or chefs in a sense. We want the best of something (in this case, audio) I’m sure michelin star chefs face the same thing in their own right...can’t enoy or even eat the food unless it’s up to a certain standard.
When we audiophiles want to listen to music, we often play it on a resolving system, so as to partake in a a "high-end" listening experience. We often pick apart music and fault the audio components in our system, cables etc. All of this takes away from the experience of enjoying music as a form of art/entertainment. It has been said that some famous artists don’t even own a high-end audio system.
I gained a great deal of wisdom of from the documentary - Greek Audiophile. In it, we have audiophiles from all walks of life. Their families think they’re crazy for spending all this money on audio. They say it sounds "nice" or "real" but still can’t justify it.
I think it’s all in the brain. If we can reset our brains (or me at least) I can still enjoy music without needing a great system for it.
- Jack
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I refuse to beat myself up black-and-blue over my silly habit. I enjoy the heck out of listening to my stereo and to all the music I've collected over the decades. It's a constant source of pleasure. I don't fret over the money I've spent on it over the years. I applaud the efforts of both the artists who create the music and the engineers who create the hardware that enables me to enjoy that fine music in my home. They haven't stolen my money. They've earned it. |
@grislybutter Once again I have to ask, "How hard is it for you to wake up every morning?" Your self flagellation is laughable. There are several problems with your thinking process, the first being is it is none of your business what other people do with THEIR money. The problem with you and your ilk is this belief that there is a limited amount of wealth and someone having a portion of it excludes others from having it. Have you ever considered the jobs created by this hobby? From the designers and mfgs right down to the people who make the transistors, capacitors, paper cones and whatever else goes into a system are all employed and able to participate in upward mobility on their own terms. If someone's plight in Bangledesh is poor how is this your fault or mine? Most of the world's poor are poor because of bad policies adopted by their governments or this belief in a class system which keeps people in a box. Or because of ideological beliefs such as thinking there are masterminds who know what's best for us instead of ourselves. My suggestion? Sell all of your worldly belongings, go on a hunger strike and protest your self perceived injustices until you no longer exist. Leave the rest of us alone. My audiophile experience is this- I've always enjoyed music and after I stopped blaming others for my lot in life I started changing my lot. Then I was in a position where I was able to invest in my enjoyment as I SAW FIT. |
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@fertguy, Three Dog Nights' first LP wasn't released until October of 1968. Unless you may of heard them at JD's in the river bottom, live. Was it another artist? 1967 was the 'Summer Of Love'...AB |
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