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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I once got to know a man who has a life experience that few are exposed to.

Well Travelled through adventurism and then at a later time in life their Career, where the person met the lady who was to be come his third wife.

Somewhere in all this and certainly not from their career, the person become a self taught structural and cabinet making quality Carpenter, who started building Horse Drawn Vanner Caravans as their Hobby, where they were even able to function as a wheelwright with their Carpentry Skills.

From the Age of Nine to the day the Couple left the UK at approx' 76 Years Old, the person had been a Falconer, not a keeper of Birds of Prey but a True to the description Falconer, which is how we met said person and wife. 

As a family we visited a Falconry Centre on a family break, to learn it was closed due to retirement , we attempted to learn more and met said person, which was a meeting that created a friendship lasting quite a few years until the UK was left for warmer climates for Old Bones.

Stories of ones life was shared and the accounts were mesmerising, which I always encouraged the wife to attempt to have chronicled, not many has such a rich life experience, and the Stories were worthy of a Film being produced.

Like when gathering flight hours to go into flying Passenger Jets, the planes being flown were propellor planes mainly with a Cargo on board.

A mistake in weight calculation resulted in the plane nearly hitting the Golden Gate Bridge, and follow up Horror Experience relating to weight that took hours to get the point the Plane was safe.

In a nutshell, people like to recollect and many on the Gon are at the age where they like to tell a little about their history.

A Thread like this one has certainly opened the door for a 'chew of the cud' where one is at liberty Speaking fondly of memories means to reminisce or recall past experiences, with warmth, affection, and point out the pleasures had. Focusing in on the positive and cherished aspects of the moments and encounters regerenced.

Why not share publicly, ones nostalgic recall of pleasant memories that were able to be generated, that evoke happiness and a deep appreciation for the past experiences had.           

@mylogic  -1  Spending more on Vinyl and CD then audio gear in the past 55 years proves/says nothing. How large is your Vinyl/CD collection? How many purchases have you made that you currently have little or no interest in? Spending more on software vs. hardware does not prove anything regarding your passion for music.