Who has the Sickness, the Phile or the Non-phile?

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.

"In the Heart of the Moon", will check it out, THANKS!

@tonydennison

An Audiophile is a lover of Audio. The music they use is to facilitate the search for perfect sound. A lover of music is a Melomaniac.

So, if you love music but audio purity is neither your passion nor goal, then you are not an Audiophile, you are a Melomaniac.

And I am talking here about Audiophiles.No offense to anyone who misunderstood my question.

I am detecting a bit of a false dichotomy here.

Not that that is unusual. On all audio forums I visit, I seem to see this, "you are either an audiophile, or a music lover", sort of attitude among many people.

It is my melomania that lead me to being an audiophile. Music certainly comes first, but playing with the gear can also be loads of fun. I am both an audiophile, and a music lover.

For the vast majority of my listening, I don’t care about the gear. I am only listening to the music. But, there are times, maybe a few hours every couple of weeks, when all I pay attention to, is the gear; swap gear, mess with speaker placement, listen to "audiophile approved" recordings just because they sound great, not necessarily because I like the music.

@milo0812 

They mansplain to me, too. I’m a 225lb fire hydrant with a full beard. No degree at all….. 

Curious. Do most people only watch certain movie genres like they only listen to a handful of musicians?