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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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kota1
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@tonydennison Sure, (you can also find playlists on spotify, etc if you search amapiano)

Kelvin Momo:

https://youtu.be/TXbAsPatIDQ

Gabba Cannal:

https://youtu.be/mcdH3tes0z0

Kabza De Small

https://youtu.be/VUKSnB-Ki0Y

 

FYI:

DRAKE IS A KELVIN MOMO FAN

In two separate private messages, Drake praised Momo’s talent and told him he listens to his music.

“You my friend…are from another planet. [I] Listen to you like a religious experience,” – Drake said in a private message sent to the musician.

Sharing the screenshot, Kelvin Momo wrote: “Waking up to such, speechless! Jokes aside, getting a direct message from Drake means a lot. I don’t even know what to say, but I am f**ken grateful man.”

Drake’s messages come a month after Momo released his 26-track album titled Amukelani.

Waking up to such. speechless! 🙆🏼‍♂️ le re nna ke etsa hanyani 😂 🫡 jokes aside Getting a DM

 

kota1
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@mahgister 

Look, another acousti-file joined the club!

 Sometimes, the music that is being played becomes secondary. This could be some kind of an ancient phenomena, because there is so many types of music the value of which is not given by beauty or intellectual content, and they have only an acoustical effect.

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tonydennison OP
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@kota1 

 

Thanks

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tonydennison OP
409 posts
 

@kota1 

Have you heard Ali Farka Toure "In the Heart of the Moon"?

I've been diggin it

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mahgister
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Yes for sure acoustical field is a sound experience in itsef....

But my favorite music , from any genre, cultures, styles, touch the brain , the heart and the body , in some ratio which is different in each case...

One of the greatest experience in my life was listening Scriabin ...

But it was badly recorded...Till this day my favorite interpretation is badly recorded... But very few pianist are able to play Scriabin...

Then sound experience is one thing , music powerful impact transcend sound...

 

In general a beautiful sound is not enough to reach ectasy for me...

And there is a big difference between enjoying funny and -pleasurable sounds and be transformed in its being by a musical experience...

This does not occur each week... We do not discover Gesulado or Scriabin or bach etc each week...Or a great  divine musician...

Or the greatest master of the tanbur for example  : Ostad Elahi...

 

@mahgister

Look, another acousti-file joined the club!

Sometimes, the music that is being played becomes secondary. This could be some kind of an ancient phenomena, because there is so many types of music the value of which is not given by beauty or intellectual content, and they have only an acoustical effect.

@mahgister

Look, another acousti-file joined the club!

Sometimes, the music that is being played becomes secondary. This could be some kind of an ancient phenomena, because there is so many types of music the value of which is not given by beauty or intellectual content, and they have only an acoustical effect.

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