Doe you enjoy your listening to music and your system more with others or alone?
I totally agree wit Bpoletti. There is a sweet spot also in my audio room because I listen to electrostatic speakers and prefer to listen to my music alone but if with company, they sit on my sweet spot and play the music they like to hear. I listen usually to jazz trio or quartet with a jazz singer just like in a small jazz club I have been to and enjoy the soundstaging made possible by good recordings. imThorek |
Listen with company. as long as that company has a love for good music but not necessarily good sound. I live in the mid-fi world (I think), but always manage to get positive feedback on the sound quality of what's being played (especially when my guest(s) is/are listening to something they're familiar with). |
I generally have something playing, but I'm lucky to have that option. A 'live/work' situation gives one that option....especially when one's half of the management....;) Relatives are either on the West coast or 3 states away and I can't play at those levels. (*damn!*) *L* "Serious Listening Hour" is generally late, with no distractions. That can be for critque' or just for the 'ell of it, enjoying the freak fruit of my endeavours... The rare person who gets a demo is either easily impressed because they've never heard anything like it. Most are hardly what I'd call 'audiophiles' in the sense of never being around enough 'things esoteric' to have a opinion other than being impressed by the degree of my interest and involvement.... Spouse is my best critic at this point....but she prefers a level of simplicity in 'operation'. That's one reason for multiple systems....;) Works in progress....*G* Play often, J. |
Every system has its sweet spot. Mine is no exception. I enjoy most listening to my favorite music in that sweet spot, being carried away into the original performance. That is not a crowd activity. I do not require my system to be approved by others. I'm beyond satisfied with my system performance to the point that I can get lost in the music and not distracted by the system. I listen alone. I have friends with excellent systems that also listen alone for the same reasons. |
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Do you enjoy your listening to music and your system more with others or alone?Enjoy the music more by myself, as when the others come they always bring their latest pieces of gear to "try" to knock what I have off, and it usually ends up just a big pizza/booze A/B fest into the wee small hours of the morning. Cheers George |
Having a guest over is the best. Here is a video I shot secretly of such a visit that I hope others will enjoy as much as I: https://vimeo.com/70753317 |
As much as I enjoy it, still nothing is better than watching others enjoy it. I've always made a sincere effort to find music the listener will enjoy. Eclectic elitist that I am this hardly ever involves playing what they ask for. Because I almost never have it. Instead I will try and find something similar they might like. Absolutely nothing better than playing someone some music they never heard before and watching them fall in love with it. Best one ever was a Porsche pal who after one song sat there as if in a trance and said, "Please, play another. Please." I could do that all night. |
I much prefer being curled up with my gf,watching a concert video or listening to something quiet while talking(yea actually talking face to face hahahah) as opposed to listening alone...As for friends & her,most are converts to better sound & systems after sitting in the sweet spot at my place...I'll never forget coming home from work,maybe 2-3 days after she moved in,& she was sitting on the couch crying like a baby,when I asked why her reply was she had never anything so beautiful except at the very few concerts she had attended...Needless to say she hasn't said a single word about the huge corner traps & acoustic wall panels & the entire wall behind the equipment covered in heavy moving blankets hahahaha... |
