if your system is only worth $3,000 I would not consider that high fidelity mid-fi at best.
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 ferociously discussed against many Millercarbon idea by the way and i never hated him... Then i dont understand people hate toward anyone... Being annoyed by someone ideas i understand that 😁but hate ? After all these years ? Anyway i like people and discussions...😊 This sentence make then perfect sense to me ... Why using this impressions of someone as a motive of rejecting his post ? Think about that ...
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Dont display ignorance in full view by repeating common place useless fact and classification... Someone with a handbook of acoustics and a low- fi system know more than a dude with a 100,000 bucks sound system in his living room and no book ...😁
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@snilf nice house, nice system(s). I won’t sugar coat this but I find your post very unusual and even more unusual the millercarbon “name dropping”. I see several of your earlier posts and responses so that kind of makes me think you consider yourself to be an audiophile and obviously you’re a music lover as well since you’ve been an active member here contributing on a forums. |
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