Stuff You Tried To Love
I know we talk a lot about confirmation bias- we buy something and then convince ourselves we like it. Or something like that. But did you ever buy something you wanted to love and just couldn’t make it work? For me, Esoteric X-05 SACD/CD player. Bought from a local who was upgrading to the X-03. Big, beautiful piece of gear, but I couldn’t get used to the sound after 6 months of trying. Sold it to another local- I insisted he listen before he bought and I believe he sold it soon after as well. Totem Forest and Hawk. I loved the whole concept. Slim, easy to live with. Couldn’t get them to work in my room. The Model Ones were much better. I had a couple of other pieces, but this is long enough. BTW, these were bought used without audition.
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Great post! We cannot love everything ... We are defined by our love... Nevermind the rest of which we are indifferent... I love so passionnately some musicians and composers all the others can be put way behind the scene for me... It does not means they are not great... They are for some others people...
«Love is more merciless than an executioner who kill at least according to a law»-- Groucho Marx🤓
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@knock1 - I guess I should have said if you don't like Kind of Blue, you don't enjoy listening to jazz. You are equating not liking it to disliking it. There is a difference. |
hey @stuartk - you like progressive jazz , which is what I initially liked when it was current when I was in college. My taste evolved when I got older and started listening to "real" jazz (Sirius' designation, not mine). I still mix some of the progressive stuff in - Pat Metheny, Earl Klugh, George Benson, Lee Ritneour, Grover, Bob James, and even a little Spyro Gyra when the mood strikes). It's OK if your taste never evolved.... |
