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What Meatloaf and Beer Have Taught me about Audiophiles

Recently in life and online I've had some curious observations about human behavior I thought I'd share.   To begin with, I have recently discovered that a surprising number of My Fellow Americans do not like meatloaf.   As a meatloaf maker and meatloaf cognoscenti I was absolutely astonished at this.  Some people who otherwise like burgers and the like hate meatloaf.  

If you make meatloaf and love it your immediate reaction to this is "but you haven't tried _my_ meatloaf."  That's our natural knee jerk reaction because we just can't imagine.  Related to this I have a bartender.  We'll call him Calhoun because his name is Calhoun.  An otherwise respectable fellow who knows beer and tequila better than most.   I would go in to see what the latest rotation of Indian Pale Ales were.  About once a month they'd get some new "dessert beer."  That is a brew made to taste like a sweet food substance.  The least offensive of which were peanut butter and the worst strawberry shortcake beer.  Calhoun would proceed to push me to sample these unholy abominations every time he could. 

Of course I'd tell him "I don't like flavored beers." Which was partially a lie as a coffee or espresso flavored beer would probably be divine.. but we digress.

Sometimes he was so adamant that the latest beer flavor was the one that would change my mind I'd go ahead and try them.  Of course, they were invariably disgusting. 

My point to all this is that being on both sides of this argument.  It's really hard to accept that our fellow audiophiles don't like something we feel is sublime and we will push our fancies onto them in the hopes of enriching their lives for the better.   It's hard for us to respect that someone else can love music and the stereos that play it and yet not have found their happy place the same way we have.

By the way, I use the Betty Crocker meatloaf recipe and add a tablespoon of chipotle powder.  Amazing. 

erik_squires
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mahgister
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My wife dont like very much meatloaf but i like it to death. She cooked them for me...

She improvise the recipe with the meat she have at hand this day and some basic...

 It is always delicious hot with sauce or cold in sandwich...

 As meatloaf all system  are different for different needs and ingredients available...

But as basic cooking acoustics had its principle we must go with as with meatloaf recipe which differ but with the same basics...

 

I will ask my wife for meatloaf this week...

I did not know till today if i prefer it hot or cold...

But i prefer my audio system hot....

Happy Easter and Happy meat loaf!

 

 

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thecarpathian
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@mahgister,

Påques joyeuses, Mon ami!

Plein de chocolat pour Pâques!!!

doni
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I make a pretty mean meatloaf, but my favorite thing is a meatloaf sandwich with coleslaw, and a slice of tomato,if available.  

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mahgister
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I wish you a chocolate heart  for your generosity and a  chocolate smiley for your humor...

 Happy Easter!

@mahgister,

Påques joyeuses, Mon ami!

Plein de chocolat pour Pâques!!!

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ghdprentice
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@stuartk 

That is what I mean... knowing what the real thing sounds like. However, you are making it sound way harder than it is.

One listens to lots of live music, individual instruments, in small combinations, in concert halls. Sure they are all different, but the mind is a wonderful thing, you can hear and learn what differences in location in a concert hall sound like, what different concert halls sound like. What pianos sound like, violins, echos in halls. I have heard a number of Stradivarius violins from twenty feet... they are unique... unbelievably sweet.  I can hear them in recordings nearly instantly. I have been to hundreds of symphony concerts... some in different concert halls. Small venue jazz, as well as Rock and other electronic music concerts.

I know what the real thing sounds like. Then I have applied that general knowledge to curate my system. The fanatic part comes in the willingness to pursue understanding the real thing and in endlessly evaluating equipment an getting ever closer to the real experience... music that emotionally pulls you into the experience like the real instruments are there. 

Will audiophile does not require lots of investment... folks this dedicated to a pursuit tend to spend a lot... it part of the disease. But just putting together a bunch of powerful or flashy audio equipment, or stacks of subwoofers does not make an audiophile... There are lots of way to enjoy the pursuit of high end audio... home audio. 

 

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