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Why Don't More People Into Music Reproduction At Home Play Around With Musical Instruments

 In the pursuit of music reproduction in the home it is my firm belief that you must listen to live music every now & again so that you know & understand how real music,with real instruments,in real physical spaces sounds...
 With that as a foundation I used in judging equipment's "voice" I also believe that playing around with a musical instrument is an excellent way to gain first hand experience with musical sound...EVERY person that reads this can learn a few musical notes,on ANY musical instrument on the planet..For instance I play around with electric guitar.NO I can NOT play,but I can play the notes EFG,on first string & BCD on the second string...Now  I know those few notes & easily recognize them in any song..I am just this coming week going to start playing around with an electric keyboard....So I wonder,why don't more audiophiles simply play around with real instruments as part of their pursuit of honest reproduction in the home?Surely the education in reality is worth the $100.00 it takes to get an entry level guitar,keyboard,horn etc...
freediver
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geoffkait
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I wasn’t very good at the guitar or the piano so now I just play the role. 
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nonoise
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Anyone notice the underlying theme in a lot of threads lately?

They all pertain to needing some degree of skill in making sound, be it by actually building or designing gear, playing a musical instrument, etc.

Not one of them address the natural and trainable ability to listen. Natural, in that we all can hear, and trainable, as with any hobby, the fine tuning of our muscles or senses.

Also, is it me or are these threads being made by the objectivists who've run out of arguments that only what can be measured counts and everything else is our imagination?

All the best,
Nonoise
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tuberist
951 posts
 
Blues harmonica "harp" player here. Paul Butterfield my hero
technick
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As I mentioned in my previous comment, I come from a family of musicians, and the majority of my friends are also musicians, but none of my musician friends are audiophiles, and none of my audiophile friends are musicians. Then again, I have a good amount more musician than audiophile friends. It seems the combo is somewhat rare, but I could be wrong. The funny thing is that my musician friends love to listen to music on my system. For the amount of time my family members and friends put into honing their craft (I mean, most of em can really play!), you’d think that they’d want to hear their music reproduced on something other than a phone with cheap earbuds or a crappy Bluetooth speaker. 
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