This is a good discussion. The first piece of advice many years ago was by a small solo owned higher end shop in our town. I was auditioning speakers and trying to be very A/B at home and this was becoming frustrating. He suggest I take two sets of speakers home and just sit and listen non-critically. The "first one you want to turn off after a while that gives you fatigue you bring back, rinse and repeat until you are satisfied....don't over think it." I did well with that advice then all hell unwound and I fell down the rabbit hole over years until I shelved it all. Now it will begin again but hopefully being older will make me wiser.
I lately wonder why I’m an Audiophile.
Ever since I lately stopped obsessing over sound quality and started really listening to music I’m wondering why fidelity was so important to my appreciation. Not that I’m totally on the wagon. I still revel in hearing wonderful sound. It’s just not so all-important anymore. And, sometimes very poorly recorded recordings do turn me off.
It’s just freeing not being so obsessed.
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@laminarman "...This is like photography."
Yes it is. I have pursued photography about as long as high end audio. Over the last ten years I added a Leica M10 to my stable. And then set out to figure out if the Leica Look was a thing. In the process developed a real appreciation for the camera lenses and the art of photography. Lots of fights with the sharpness as a single dimension... like the details are all guys in audio, and that there is very much something special about a Leica. Like my audio system now. |
@mapman ”l never refer to myself being an audiophile” That’s a great way to think. I generally hate the term audiophile, and the “baggage” you fefer to that can come in tow. It can all sound a little presumptuous. I much prefer to use hi-fi enthusiast or as you have previously posted, a “hi-fi music buff” To say, “l am an audiophile” can be so self serving and who knows for sure? One thing l have learnt is there are a lot out there who are sure they are, but after hearing the newest system, the gear is definitely nothing special. |
"audiophile " means someone interested by sound properties of music implied in gear pieces or system/room use.. Nothing to fear here. And it is not necessary to lend negative pretenses or intentions to the neutral term because it suit us. "hifi" enthusiasm suit me less well ... It suggest more pricing focus on high end gear and gear fixation... "audiophile" is more neutral ... We can be interested by sound qualities (acoustics) more than by high end gear upgrades...It is my case as "audiophile" ...Hi-fi enthusiast is nearer as expression to marketing than acoustics...
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