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Do you, or did you, have Audiophile buddies that you shared music, gear, times with?

In my lifetime, from the military, to business, to racing, vacations and more, sharing all with a close friend was part of the magic of those times.
Have you had someone close to you that made or makes your audiophile experience(s) even better?  My primary audiophile friend has passed, but I enjoyed so many great musical times with him.  From Magnepans, to Martin Logan,  Dahlquist, Conrad Johnson, ARC and so many more....a major part of the joy, learning and more was the friend that I shared nearly all of it with.  The fact that we both liked sports cars, Bordeaux and modern architecture/furniture was also great, but the music/audio connection was, likely,  the best.  I think the holidays make me think of friends and family experiences and music has been much a part of those times. 

Have a good and safe holiday season. 


whatjd
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mapman
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Here and there but in college I worked part time at the local Tech HIfi and sold systems and gear to a lot of others in my dorm. Having a good hifi in your dorm room was a big thing back then and a lot of time was spent together on the topic.
That was 1979 ish. Back in the olden days. These days most people don’t know a thing about hifi and most don’t care. “Good” sounding music is everywhere. All you need is a smartphone and earbuds.
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mapman, could not agree more.  In my early days I complained a bit about my generations point of reference being a Wurlitzer JukeBox.  well that is esoteric compared to an earbud.  

It would seem that from sports cars, to hi-fi, to TV and films,...many things are token versions of what was considered very good in the history of "hi-fidelity"....what we may have now is a sampled version of a recorded version of something that might be like "live" music...but not really. 

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cd318
Thank you for your thoughtful and honest post.  Part of what I loved about Chris, Dave and Gary (all of whom have passed) was their honesty in all things.  Chris worked for a national leasing company that leased items that cost multi millions (the secret of a leasing company is that they get the income and the depreciation, and as many know depreciation is the next best thing to magic with taxes) 

I hope you and all on AudiogoN have good holidays and that some will take the time to help those beyond their family and friends...as there are people that have nothing and no future.  When I provided and  served a holiday meal to 50 homeless people I was humbled and within a week one of those homeless persons died by freezing while trying to sleep in a dumpster.  I wish that this was just morbid and the exception to the rule, but it is not.  It is part of the real "Dark Side" that is referred to in films....that Dark Side is in your town and many simply do not want to see it.  I am such a lucky person to be concerned with the sonic differences between world class audio gear. 


 

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