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Has audiophilia changed your music taste?

Before I got into this hobby, I was big into heavy metal. I am very much into progressive bands like Dream Theater and Queensryche. My collection consisted of rock 90% and classical/jazz/other at 10%. Ever since I started getting into audio, my listening has changed and so has my music collection. What used to be 90/10, lean to rock, has changed to about 70/30 and changing weekly. Lately, I can't keep Patricia Barber off my system. I absolutely love her. The thing is, the other day I put on some Pat Travers and the listening only lasted about 30 minutes before it was back to Patricia Barber. For some reason, rock doesn't sound as good as it did before. Maybe it is my system or maybe it is me.

Anyone else like me?
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gunbei
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Some good, honest answers here.

Obviously there seems to be two camps.

Those whose tastes were unaffected and unchanged by their venture into audiophilia, the better gear seems to have enhanced what they were already experiencing.

And those like myself, that discovered new music as part of the journey into audio nirvana.
gunbei
2,327 posts
 
I have to admit it has. When I first started getting into high end stuff I was getting all these mailers from Music Direct and Mapleshade and that started me on the jazz buying trek.

If it weren't for the musical avenues high end audio exposed to me I would have never found Jacintha, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Diana Krall, John Coltrane, Ana Caram, modern Flamenco, Nina Simone, etc...

At least I'm not listening to those early stereo test LPs my Dad had with the train starting from the left speaker and going to the right one. Remember those?
gunbei
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It's made a HUGE difference, because as I said audiophilia has exposed me to so many genres of music I'd never previously tasted.

When I started buying expensive equipment I did initally buy within some music categories I was never into before. And it turned out not only was I impressed by the recordings, I liked the music as well!
gunbei
2,327 posts
 
Patricia Barber is a great case in point. If not for high end audio I would have never heard of her.
gunbei
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She looks like a demented Captain Janeway from Voyager, and sings with phrasing like a wounded animal, but she's damn good!
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