Also…. see my vintage system (s) great sound under $3k… is cake,,, fun cake…
Am I right for this forum?
I’ve been an Audiogon member for some years now; I remember (fondly) "millercarbon," for example, which will mean something to some of you. And I’ve been a lover of audio equipment since high school—so, for over 50 years (I graduated in 1973). And yet...more and more, I find myself alienated from this forum, even though I do still read it regularly.
I do have what I consider a very "high-fidelity" system. I’ve written a very long account of my "audio journey," complete with many photos, but not "published" it on this site. I’m also a member of our local audio club, which includes several very well-heeled members who have systems costing more than most homes (one of them owns equipment valued at nearly a million dollars, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg: his system is housed in a separate structure purpose-built for it that cost well over a million). I play cello and guitar; my wife plays piano, my daughter piano and violin. We play those instruments in the same room occupied by my main audio system, and so I can attest to the "fidelity" of that system’s reproduction.
And yet...my system cost me less than $3,000 in total. I don’t lust after any particular "upgrade," even though I read reviews and all the many accounts of improvements in "SQ" documented in this forum.
So...am I an "audiophile," or not? Do I belong here, or not?
I’m listening right now to a wonderful bit of Mozart. I also love Tool. And Christy Moore. And Eva Cassidy. And so many others. I agree with Nietzsche: without music, life would be a mistake. But am I an audiophile? Do I belong on this forum?
Any sympathy here? Anyone else feel alienated from the "audiophile community" despite loving the miracle of audio technology?
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@snilf ....yeah, stick 'round....get to learn all manner of audtrivia, and the compulsions that steer that.... ;) @whart .... Bill? Jerry.... *screen fist bump* @tomic601 ....."Nerf Canons"......? (.....so dam sentimental......oh, well.. *sounds of rustling in a drawer....* Ah.... *Nerf-Hypo, pre-dosed withhhh....*.yes 😎😏 ) " 601 was found face-down in a field of daffydills, over a 'corn hole' the size of which is amazi " *bip*Technical Difficulties <> Please Stan*bip*ounty Officials are bemused. We here at Newz4kdU have never seen the like...*head shake* ...back to you...."
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If you are happy with your system, if the sound fills you with passion and immerses you in the joy or sadness of the music and you want to keep listening to it all the time without getting fatigued and have to pull yourself away from it when responsibilities call I’d say you have a great system that for you can’t be bettered. So yes you belong here if you are interested in other people’s systems and their thoughts on how it reproduces the music they love. If not you have your answer. By the way what are your thoughts when you go to hear other people's much more expensive systems which are being proudly displayed and then going home to listen to yours?
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