Perfect Path Technologies: Omega E mat

You read my mind. 😳

Everything is relative. Most audiophiles cannot escape and get up out of the noise floor. Many don’t even try. You have done well, grasshopper. But there is a long way to go. As I opined somewhere recently many are searching for that last 7% so they can finally relax and listen to the music. 🤗

An ordinary man has no means of deliverance.

^^^ Geoff ... 

I believe that there exists a certain percentage of "audiophiles" who really don't care so much about the music, but more about equipment and bling.

Have you ever met the type that has a system that may have cost upwards of 200k, and owns a total of maybe 50 recordings, all special "audiophile" editions?

Then, there are those who were relaxed while listening to music all along, and still want that extra 7% in order to get closer to the music/performance. They may have average systems, but they usually have a vast collection of recordings, some rare dating back to the '30s and '40s. 

In a lot of cases, these folks try in some way to make their own music. They are the true music lovers. 

As  H.L. Mencken once said ... "You can always tell a true music lover because they will always try to make their own music. They may be atrocious at it, but they do try." 

I wonder how many members here at A'gon play an instrument themselves. With me, its the harmonica and chromonica.  Been playing the things since I was nine years old ... and yes, I'm atrocious at it. :-)

Frank

Frank
Not wishing to derail this thread but as you asked....

I think you will find that a lot of members who post in the music threads play instruments or did and were in bands etc.

I myself played Bass guitar and wrote the lyrics in our band and heck yes we even made inclusion on a vinyl compilation album and released a vinyl single back in England( I still have the master single and it was mixed at Abbey Road Studios, yes THOSE Abbey Road Studios!).

My claim to fame for 15 minutes.... lol.

Then there are those of us who don't play, but have someone living with us for live music enjoyment and reference. My wife plays the violin, mandolin, mandolin-banjo, and has a  guzheng (chinese zither) arriving this week.

Sure, it IS the gear--especially when it gives you the music as you've never heard it before.  Some songs are just blowing my mind in how different they sound.  You know those reference songs that you test after making a change--those "landmarks" you like to compare---they are gone now, lost in a completely new midrange that has filled in and surrounded previous highlights.  

"One man's ceiling is another man's floor"