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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FWIW, I composed a LONG reply to these very many responses to my original message—but something was wrong with my account status when I tried to post it, I went to my account to fix the problem, and lost the entire thing. Took me well over an hour, and I’m kind of busy with other things right now, so I didn't try to re-write it. Of course, I contacted the admin to see if it could be recovered, but it couldn’t; a glitch of some kind on their end, apparently.

Anyway...I will again make my Virtual System public. It was for a few days, then I hid it again. But emergingsoul asked, as did someone else a couple of pages back, so what the heck. BTW, emergingsoul: I wish I had "a very calm soul" (Leonard Cohen wishes for the same in his next life; I forget which song). But you’re right about not having a TV where my main system is, and where our instruments are played. We’re lucky to have a separate room (a "media room" and library) for the TV—and a second audio system there.

Never write your reply here directly... I am sorry OP but  we all had lived through that... 😁

If not you will loose them time to time as i did...

I wrote longer replies on a notebook then i copy them here ...

 

@snilf I do so hope you will stay…..

@whart Hey Bill…. Serious ? Yes but cross examination would demand I identify as a music lover who appreciates Kaizen in recorded sound. I could abandon ALL the gizmos when I get ( maybe ) to heaven….  until such time, can you help me book Natalie Merchant into my Condo this evening ? :-) 

@asvjerry Whaaaat ? i challenge you to a duel ! Nerf cannons at 10 m, winner take all the NOS Telefunken or DECCA…. don’t counteroffer with a string of 1’s and 0’s.

Also…. see my vintage system (s) great sound under $3k… is cake,,, fun cake…

@snilf  ....yeah, stick 'round....get to learn all manner of audtrivia, and the compulsions that steer that.... ;)

@whart .... Bill?  Jerry.... *screen fist bump*

@tomic601  ....."Nerf Canons"......?

(.....so dam sentimental......oh, well.. *sounds of rustling in a drawer....* Ah....

*Nerf-Hypo, pre-dosed withhhh....*.yes 😎😏 )

" 601 was found face-down in a field of daffydills, over a 'corn hole' the size of which is amazi              "

*bip*Technical Difficulties <> Please Stan*bip*ounty Officials are bemused.

We here at Newz4kdU have never seen the like...*head shake*

...back to you...."

 

 

*tap*tap*

'tomic?  Oh, good....

It's all a dream....that one, and This.... ;)