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Am I right for this forum?

I’ve been an Audiogon member for some years now; I remember (fondly) "millercarbon," for example, which will mean something to some of you. And I’ve been a lover of audio equipment since high school—so, for over 50 years (I graduated in 1973). And yet...more and more, I find myself alienated from this forum, even though I do still read it regularly.

I do have what I consider a very "high-fidelity" system. I’ve written a very long account of my "audio journey," complete with many photos, but not "published" it on this site. I’m also a member of our local audio club, which includes several very well-heeled members who have systems costing more than most homes (one of them owns equipment valued at nearly a million dollars, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg: his system is housed in a separate structure purpose-built for it that cost well over a million). I play cello and guitar; my wife plays piano, my daughter piano and violin. We play those instruments in the same room occupied by my main audio system, and so I can attest to the "fidelity" of that system’s reproduction.

And yet...my system cost me less than $3,000 in total. I don’t lust after any particular "upgrade," even though I read reviews and all the many accounts of improvements in "SQ" documented in this forum.

So...am I an "audiophile," or not? Do I belong here, or not?


I’m listening right now to a wonderful bit of Mozart. I also love Tool. And Christy Moore. And Eva Cassidy. And so many others. I agree with Nietzsche: without music, life would be a mistake. But am I an audiophile? Do I belong on this forum?

Any sympathy here? Anyone else feel alienated from the "audiophile community" despite loving the miracle of audio technology?

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mahler123
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@waytoomuchstuff 

There are many parallels between our relationship with our systems and our relationships with significant others.  However it’s less messy to change an unsatisfactory component 

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mahgister
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It is more easy and fun  to change a component as  it is to change a woman   to upgrade them so to speak 😁...

But we learned more putting them in the right embeddings enrironment.😊

 And often we must "teak" ourselves to kept our friends...

 

There are many parallels between our relationship with our systems and our relationships with significant others.  However it’s less messy to change an unsatisfactory component

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stringreen
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"music lover" and "audiophile" are completely different classifications.   I am a pro violinist and am both.....but that is rare

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mahgister
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I am not a musician but i can wrote a book about the meaning of the Bruckner 5 th symphony as if it was a movie with a deep images content even if i dont read music. 😊

I am an audiophile because i am able to create my own dedicated acoustic room homemade with a complete transformative effect for any given system and i love music...

Then it is not so rare ...😊

my favorite violin pieces are Bach sonatas mono version with Szeryng and Miltstein as my second choice ...😊 ( the Szeryng version of the violin concertos of Bach as second choice)

"music lover" and "audiophile" are completely different classifications. I am a pro violinist and am both.....but that is rare

mahler123
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I’ve developed an increased appreciation for music, and the love of communicating it, since starting piano lessons over a year.  I still suck, but have at least a small little collection of of pieces that I can play with feeling and get a response from the few listeners that put up with me.  It’s not a feeling that I ever expect to be equaled by listening to recorded music.  The ability to move another…at least a little bit…is irreplaceable 

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