A light-hearted essay on loving music vs the audiophilia obsession

Excellent piece! Very well written.
In my case I was a classical pianist who had a hi-fi loving friend.
Long story, short, he influenced me , and I soon became more interested in the sound than the music. I couldn’t believe the fact that I wasn’t really listening to the music anymore.
This was a very long time ago. And still fighting the battle.

Very good article thanks...

But ,

This analysis suggest that an audiophile is merely a gear chaser,

Alas! it is true for many , but not for all, at least not for me...

The three embeddings controls, mechanical, electrical and acoustical and not the least but very much important in a small room, the psycho-acoustical control...Yes they are 4 like the 3 musketers...These controls exceed in improvement together most upgrade of any gear piece...

Then some audiophile like me listen music now without bothering themselves with elusive perfection or useless upgrades...

I am in the same situation than the article writer....But perhaps more satisfied because upgrade is not an attractive option now....

My system value is 500 bucks think about that....This is the power of embedding controls...

I know my system is lacking. I know a change is gonna come, yes, it will. But for now, I couldn’t be bothered. I am too busy listening again and again

And a final thanks for the info about this persian artist...It seems the writer ans me partake the same musical tastes...😊

I am too busy listening again and again to a young Turkish musician, Sedat Anar: who plays an Indian instrument, the Santoor,

«When music shine there is no more sound, only silent meaning»- Anonymus suicidal and perfectionist recording engineer