Musicians?


I'm curious to know how many of the audiophiles out there are actual musicians, or have formally studied music?

If so, what is your primary instrument or vocation?

What equipment do you use and, in an audiophile sense, what do you look for in the sound of your components?

I have studied classical guitar for about 8 years, with about 5 years of informal guitar prior to that. I find myself trying to get the most "realistic" and detailed sound from my components, more similar to a studio sound than to a colored presentation. My setup consists of martin logans, monitor audios, mccormack amp and passive preamp, meridian front end, msb dac.
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Showing 1 response by pragmatist

I'm semi pro,with an undergrad minor in piano.

The paycheck comes from refining raw data.

My Marantz front end feeds a pair of Maggie 1.6s. For serious listening, I use Grado headphones.

Soon,I'll have to move and the Maggies will get a good local home with t lines on my short list.

Yes,I'm an imaging nut;I want to be able to follow the counterpoint without the speakers getting in the way.

At the risk of incurring someone's wrath,as happened above,I DO know professional musicians who spend their time practicing real instruments and when they do listen,listen to modest systems----or monitors in recording studios.

Also,remember that some musicians endorse equipment much as basketball players endorse shoes and concert pianists endorse pianos. They endorse the high bidder.