Listening to music I don’t particularly like


Do you find yourself listing to music you don't particularly like because it sounds so good on your system? If I'm honest with myself I am an old dude who grew up with classic rock and really enjoy it but a lot of it was not well recorded. So I find myself listening more and more to other genres of music that I normally wouldn't  just because they sound so good on my system. I don't know what this says about me, maybe I am more of an "equipmentphile" than a music lover? I keep listening to music ranging from classical to vocal jazz to country and I love the sound of it  but it doesn't get my toes tapping like a good old rock song from my youth. I was even listening to Chinese drums today. Is there hope for me? Will I ever ever enjoy this music as much as I enjoy the "sound"?

emiliop

I listen to different things all the time. You can only watch the same TV show some many times. The same goes for music. Come Together, Whole Lotta Love, etc, just gets boring. I hated Sinatra as a child, and now I like his work, but I have gotten bored with it too, so I keep listening to things like the Koda Drums. If you enjoy it listen, don't worry about whether your feet tap or not if you find it interesting, and enjoy it.

...and sometimes I just stumble into things that impress me as to what a large group can make happen....
...and wish we could do something like that....

 

Take a couple of those Decware Pills mentioned elsewhere and all music will be cool.

I don’t think that anyone here doesn’t take into account the sound of his system when making a selection of what to play. And no matter what the musical content, the sound is important.   Having said that, if you make that selection solely on the basis of SQ, it’s certainly not going to be as fulfilling as with music you like.

‘Indeed, You appreciate your system and it’s qualities MORE with something you like.