Yup, and ignore us and disrepect us and look down on us. We all get it regardless of anything.
Who has the Sickness, the Phile or the Non-phile?
So often I find myself resenting the fact that there are only so many hours to listen to HiFi and I think of those that don't hold this resentment.
I used to think anyone who wasn't obsessive simply lacked exposure, but even though I have introduced many, I have discovered no takers.
At audiophile club meeting it seems to me that the attendees are mostly gear-heads and posers; they say "Ooo & Ahhhh" to anything presented and you can see 1 or 2, maybe 3 in the seats nonchalantly looking over in the direction of the ooo-ers and Ahhh-ers; those few get it. And before anyone is defensive because they know, lashes out that I'm this or that....I don't care. These are obviously my opinions and I'm looking for the opinions of others On The Question At Hand and not whether or not I am a deluded self important snob.
So, if it is not a lack of exposure, is it a lack of ability?
Surely we are all different, short, tall, smart, obtuse, near sighted, far sighted. Are the ears and or the brains of an audiophile just wired differently than others? Can non audiophiles just not hear what we hear?
Was it childhood exposure that caused this difference in wiring? My father had Altec Voice of the Theater horns and the accompanying gear. Was that it, being exposed to HIFi during brain development? My daughter gets it and boy was she pissed when I sold my VPI TT. I never got along with my father, but was he responsible for my affliction by introducing me to superior sound as an infant?
And, who are the sick ones, the philes or the non-philes?
TD
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@femoore12, +1 from Marvel Mystery ... to frequency hopping, Hedy Lamarr. Absolutely variety rules, and more the merrier. |
@dabel Bravo! "Variety is the spice of life" - Paul Atreides aka "Wormy Spice" |
And sometimes an audiophile doesn't know that they're an audiophile. Growing up, one of my friends in grade/ high school's dad was a stockbroker. I think that he was earning a six figure income in 1968. Certainly had the toys, but one thing I remember was in his study office at the back of the house he had this built in system. The speakers were three way horns on either side of the entrance to the study(large six foot wide) with what I think were six tube amps. I don't know any of the brands but the sound it created was fantastic. Wide, tall, and deeeeeep. He just liked music and never talked about the equipment. It was so much better than anything, anyone we knew back then systems. |
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