I believe that I am always in the mood and looking for an opportunity to fire up the system usually with a predetermined play list (90% vinyl) with that said my system is in a shared space and have to wait till the opportunity presents itself for my indulgence. Have been retired for 6 years but it seems things have gotten busier and if I don't get my audio time it wears on me, I need that release it really helps me relax. With my system being in a shared space I have assembled a very nice headphone system in my upstairs office that I can get away to and get that release, oh and by the way it always sounds good and satisfies. Cheers
Do you have to be “in the mood?”
Do you have to be in the mood to enjoy the music on your stereo, or does your stereo put you in the mood? I find that if I put on my set just because I want to enjoy the sound coming out, I seldom have a very good outcome. That expensive big beautiful rig over there invites you to play it. But, playing it just for kicks doesn’t do it for me. I have to be really receptive to what I’m playing on it, otherwise I’m prone to all sorts of imagined defects.
Music reproduction is not an exact science. There must be a “suspension of disbelief” in the realness of the sound produced for me to enjoy it, much as we overlook the implausible incongruities in movie plots so that we can enjoy a film. I must be involved in the music itself to appreciate the sound and really enjoy my rig.
Music reproduction is not an exact science. There must be a “suspension of disbelief” in the realness of the sound produced for me to enjoy it, much as we overlook the implausible incongruities in movie plots so that we can enjoy a film. I must be involved in the music itself to appreciate the sound and really enjoy my rig.