"music lover" and "audiophile" are completely different classifications. I am a pro violinist and am both.....but that is rare
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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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)
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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 |
@tvad Im working on a writeup ….roughly on One Possible Path to Becoming a More Intentional Audiophile |
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