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Am I right for this forum?

I’ve been an Audiogon member for some years now; I remember (fondly) "millercarbon," for example, which will mean something to some of you. And I’ve been a lover of audio equipment since high school—so, for over 50 years (I graduated in 1973). And yet...more and more, I find myself alienated from this forum, even though I do still read it regularly.

I do have what I consider a very "high-fidelity" system. I’ve written a very long account of my "audio journey," complete with many photos, but not "published" it on this site. I’m also a member of our local audio club, which includes several very well-heeled members who have systems costing more than most homes (one of them owns equipment valued at nearly a million dollars, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg: his system is housed in a separate structure purpose-built for it that cost well over a million). I play cello and guitar; my wife plays piano, my daughter piano and violin. We play those instruments in the same room occupied by my main audio system, and so I can attest to the "fidelity" of that system’s reproduction.

And yet...my system cost me less than $3,000 in total. I don’t lust after any particular "upgrade," even though I read reviews and all the many accounts of improvements in "SQ" documented in this forum.

So...am I an "audiophile," or not? Do I belong here, or not?


I’m listening right now to a wonderful bit of Mozart. I also love Tool. And Christy Moore. And Eva Cassidy. And so many others. I agree with Nietzsche: without music, life would be a mistake. But am I an audiophile? Do I belong on this forum?

Any sympathy here? Anyone else feel alienated from the "audiophile community" despite loving the miracle of audio technology?

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audphile1
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@snilf nice house, nice system(s). I won’t sugar coat this but I find your post very unusual and even more unusual the millercarbon “name dropping”. I see several of your earlier posts and responses so that kind of makes me think you consider yourself to be an audiophile and obviously you’re a music lover as well since you’ve been an active member here contributing on a forums.
So is this a validation of your status or trolling? Kind of lost here…

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mahgister
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Why suspecting the OP of trolling ?

He explained well his experiences and his impressions and propose to publish his virtual system page...😊

For me trolls are mostly and essentially harassing people...And are people of bad faith ... With backthoughts...

If not, many people who may  ask candid question about cables, tweaks,measurements,  products, people will be accused of trolling especially by someone who will not like the cables,tweaks, measurements,products or people named etc...

Then i am not lost at all  seeing  the sincerity of the OP....

I always suppose to begin with here on audiogon  that people act on good faith ...

Why acting otherwise?

 

 

 

grislybutter
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are you trolling us? I counted 5 pairs of different speakers on your photos, that alone could be 6 grand. Good for you, I just don't think there is much to contribute to with such a confusing pile of information.

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mahgister
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He spoke about the price of his main system not about all the gear pieces he ever bought...

Why so much people accuse others of trolling pass over  my mind ... 😊

 

A troll throw some posts to upset people...

But other troll feign to be upset to induce upsetting discussions...

Then we must spoke to one another in good faith without throwing useless accusation when there is no sign of harassment in the post history of the person...😊

If we exclude harassment from the trolling description , any provocative post will suffice to condemn anyone...

We must kept humor and open mind no ?

 

grislybutter
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this is, with all the info, a provocative post, to some degree. Nothing wrong with that, a lot of good discussions start with overstating facts or opinions in order to force people to take sides and voice their opposition. What’s disturbing to me about this post is that asks for sympathy for reasons that now have vanished.

Any sympathy here? Anyone else feel alienated

- are your feelings hurt, who alienated you?

Stirring the pot (a million dollar system sounds worse than my 3K system) gets so old so quickly.
Again, beautiful view, beautiful house, beautiful room, beautiful sound. But I forgot the question.

 

And I don’t mean this to upset the poster, it’s just my subjective read, my thoughts on his thoughts.... no harm done.

 

Also:

if your system is only worth $3,000 I would not consider that high fidelity mid-fi at best.

We know that if it costs less than your car it's not hifi :)

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