My rig is in my secondary home which I had built and had a room built with a wet bar to enjoy my system. Whenever I go it’s like a renewed love for your system. And it’s like hearing it for the first time all over again. It’s gives an appreciation and new found joy for what you built. And every time I go I enjoy it more and more. Gives meaning to the phrase absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Can This Idea Be A Viable Resource
I’ve been thinking about traveling more now that my wife and I are fully retired. Which lead to me to wonder and lament in equal measure about how I miss my sound system when we travel for a lengthly - more than a week - duration. The idea is can us like minded, trusting but willing to accept liability guidelines, folks, create a network of homes we are willing to rent / trade out - with audiophile grade systems we can shop = like we presently do when we plan a vacation? I would love to spend a week or two in a home with a killer rig that I can test drive -
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I’m a traveler, all 50 states and 50 countries so far. I agree with the comments about traveling for new experiences away from my normal life. Like most audiophiles I’ve spent a lot of time and expense building a system that I’m proud of and enjoy immensely (can be seen on this forum). However, I would draw the line at having a fellow traveler tinkering with my system with me not being there. I just couldn’t fathom it!! However, I could certainly entertain the idea of belonging to a network of audiophile travelers who would want to come visit my home and share a listening experience from my system with food, wine, beverages, etc.. That I would welcome and in my presence would be allowed to handle the equipment to get the experience. No problem! I rent airbnb’s every year while traveling but I find that the rental homes and townhouse airbnb’s are supplied with only the essentials for a stay. Very basic furnishings and supplies, Which is fine because I’m visiting and not moving in, but none are equipped with audiophile worthy systems. I can’t imagine swapping my home which has artifacts that I’ve bought from all over the world that potentially could be broken or taken. A lot of the artifacts are irreplaceable as some countries I will never visit again. If you’re visiting the San Francisco Bay Area, “Come on down!!” I live 10 minutes from Napa Valley… |
On the subject of missing your systems so much that you want to find one equivalent while you’re traveling…Well good luck with that! When I’m traveling I have Qobuz and Spotify and Tidal on my phone and iPad with a decent pair of wired or wireless headphones with also a decent pair of earbuds (Status Pro X) as less cumbersome gear. When I’m traveling I’m immersed in seeing the sites, meeting new people, experiencing the local cuisine and at the end of my day, winding down relaxing and listening to playlists that I have created on the mediums described above. For me, nothing replaces my home system’s quality of sound, but like @kennyc suggests, think portable systems for travel enjoyment and renew yourself when you return home. The important thing is listening to the “MUSIC”!! |
Maybe join an audio club, then can send invites to them. I belong to 2 clubs but am not very active. |
I would be put the people willing to host on a map. (I can do the mapping part. Just zip codes, no addresses and still, login for members only) The problem is: about a 1/3 of people here have wildly differing views and I would respectfully never like to be in a same zip code with them. But that's just me... |
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