You know which question would make this thread become even more interesting?
What's the chance of someone being an audiophile vs the chance of someone being a killer 🤣
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How rare is an audiophile
I’ve been extremely busy lately and not had a chance to sit back and listen to music on my system for a few weeks. I’ve streamed my favorite music in the car and on a small JBL Flip-4 portable speaker; which by the way “punches way above its size class.” I continued to enjoy music whenever, wherever, and however i can during this “dry spell.”
So now its 5 am Sunday morning. I know i’ll be spending most of the day listening on the JBL when my wife and I drive out to a lake house we bought recently and are furnishing and getting ready for 4 generations to enjoy lake life this summer and for years to come.
I’ve let my system warm up and hit play on my CD player. I now find myself in total bliss listening to Chris Standing’s newest CD “The Lovers Re-mix Collection.” The effect of the quality of the sound of the music my wife and i are enjoying right now with a cup of coffee is hard to explain, but it brought literal tears of joy.
I started thinking, how many people are like us? What % of the population are audiophiles (whatever your definition of an audiophile is)?
I know the answer is heavily dependent on which country you live in. I live in the US along with ~332,000,000 fellow citizens (please, lets not get political on the meaning of population or citizen).
Are we the 0.1%ers? Are there ~332,000 audiophiles in the US?
i’d be interested in what others think about how rare our species is.
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In my teens and through my 20s, my circle of friends and wider social circle were all crazy about music; it was everything to us. We horded/collected music, always looking for new music to wow us. We all also played in bands and/or were singer songwriters with studio experience, but apart from myself, not one of them ever journeyed down the audiophile rabbit hole, or seemed remotely interested in the pursuit. I only ever met one guy who was on the audiophile journey, who was a friend of a friend of a friend, who was a complete Naim/Linn head. Since those heady days of the early1990's through early 2000's, I haven't met any other people interested in the hobby, whether colleagues, later friends, anyone - apart from the guys in my local dealership 😂, but that's a given. Im in the UK, but I feel we're a rare breed. I did meet one guy who bought a piece of gear from me and collected from my home, but I never met or heard from him again (which is good, as I hope he's enjoying the DAC I sold him 😊) |
@edcyn ....well, to be equitable ’bout it...a chunk of the bell curve of people who enjoy music to the degree of wanting to experience it in a certain way of our own choice with devices that range from better than ’average’ to a degree of *ah* commitment that verges on ’mania’... Or....enthusiast to truth seeker, a bunch of varied ’philes. *L* We only squabble occasionally... ;) And generally only a few get heated over whatever it is...the rest resist the keys, and watch the static coalesce.... 😏 We’re good on info, mostly; good-natured for the most part. I’d rather be here, listening to whatevers’ up on screen 2 with the desk Walsh or with the ’phones... Beats going to a bar. Hard to predict wtf one runs into there... *L* Meanwhile...back at the ranch.... Spouse ’n self went to Puscifer this eve...one of the more varied crowds I’d expected, but guessing we were likely the ’elders’ in the mix. *G* The ’openers’ (fem screecher with a the guy on the keys) did 4 numbers loud and hard to tell apart....’meh* Short interlude before the main event... Existential Reckoning tour.. But after ’bout 1.5 hour of bass and subs of ’Industrial rock alternative rock electronic’ in a 16.5K sq.ft. with *mm* 2300 others...we both agreed to cut at the Intermission (bladder break, at min., but the lines to the 1m/1fem RR’s...) and recoup @ home 10 minutes away. I pocketed my aids with the opener and went for my ’better’ plugs and Ev went for my ’roadies’ versions, both covered our ears when the audience cheers the ends ’n starts (my personal ’live’ downfalls, ’white noise’ w/shoutings), but still... I’d download it, as it’s intriguing and has a grin or so within; there’s a remix of same available, which I’ll look into...’losing the crowd’ will enhance it, and let me control the bass, which could verge into below 20hz at times.... Nothing like a ’public massage’, not since Smashing Pumpkins for this meat. *L* Gotta love my girl....;) |
@bob540 ....I'd state that Carefully in mixed company you don't know well.... Just saying..... 😏 Steer you from the reefs... ;) |
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