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How Do You Live The Audiophile Life
I don’t really have the credentials to be on Audiogon. Kef Q150s and new NAD equipment that replaced my stalwart Arcam Solo. Maybe I can peek over the fence.
So I’ve have a question about the new equipment. I’m browsing the forums, looking for an answer. I know as much as about audio as anyone who isn’t an audiophile. But I was astonished at the number of brands I’d never heard of. And I know the price of the stuff I have heard of.
I’m in NYC. Maybe there’s five high-end dealers here. I’m guessing that number drops off quickly once you cross the Hudson.
This is a long winded way to ask how you live the audiophile life? How do you get access to this stuff? I’d want to hear something before dropping a car-like sum on it. Do you buy blind? Do you travel? Go to the industry shows? Help me, teach me, inform me.
I guess this question applies to speakers as well. Maybe more so. But I was in the amplifier section so . . .
So I’ve have a question about the new equipment. I’m browsing the forums, looking for an answer. I know as much as about audio as anyone who isn’t an audiophile. But I was astonished at the number of brands I’d never heard of. And I know the price of the stuff I have heard of.
I’m in NYC. Maybe there’s five high-end dealers here. I’m guessing that number drops off quickly once you cross the Hudson.
This is a long winded way to ask how you live the audiophile life? How do you get access to this stuff? I’d want to hear something before dropping a car-like sum on it. Do you buy blind? Do you travel? Go to the industry shows? Help me, teach me, inform me.
I guess this question applies to speakers as well. Maybe more so. But I was in the amplifier section so . . .
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The answer to the Pop Quiz is System Engineer. The other types of engineers are too hyper focused on their own areas of expertise to be able to solve all of the problems that exist for any system. Once you graduate 👨🏻🎓 from Audio 101 it’s time to put on your system engineer hat🧢 and figure out what problems you have in your system. 🤔 Oh, they’re there. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to find those problems and solve them. |
Mind-matter interaction. Honest injun. It’s a whole enterprise/hobby unto itself. I would say it’s an undertaking, but, well, you know...Kind of like Feng Shui for audiophiles. The study of the influence of the local physical surroundings on the sound. You could say the lower the entropy the better the sound. Check it out, dudes and dudettes! |
Captain Pissgums and his perverted pirates? https://adventures-of-the-blackgang.tumblr.com/post/3474721078/captain-pissgums-and-his-pervert-pira... |