The music just seems to hold together in my mind better without the distraction of the SQ which I have poured so much of my energy, time and money into.
I’m not ready to give it up though. It’s too much fun.
LoFi
My sound system is down for repairs (I don’t know for how long). I’m now reduced to listening to music on Alexa’s transmission of WQXR, New York’s classical music station, in LoFi. Surprisingly, I’m getting into the music more easily. Without the distraction of sonic values, I’m able to totally concentrate on the music itself. I don’t need Hifi and soundstaging to “get” the musical message. it brings me back to my youth when I listened on a table radio and first fell in love with music. I find that I now can follow a piece of music from beginning to end more easily.
Not that I’m ready to give up the hobby. Just an interesting observation.
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Exactly! I remember the old days--people would come over and we would go through the LPs or find an 8-track and we would put something on and pop open some beers and the cake pan would come out from underneath a sofa and someone would roll a joint or the bong would come out . . . it was a lot of fun, but that kind of listening had a limited shelf life. It was a lot of fun, but if it hadn’t have evolved, it wouldn’t still be my hobby. I will never know The Holy Grail or be able to reach out and actually touch the music that I am listening to, but I am a lot closer now than I ever was then. |
@devinplombier *L* Been kinda there, did somewhat that sort of thing.... ;) My pixel phone driving a pair of 'puter dinkies does just fine if I'm working somewhere else than the big pile.... |
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