Things we cannot be bothered by anymore
Occurred to me today that I have dropped stuff that I cannot just be bothered by anymore, and wondering what some of you out there have let go of as well
Me (lean mostly into analog)
- Lifting a tonearm lever to cue a platter - no more - years off my life
- Carbon brushes, cart cleans with every spin or two - years off my life
- Ugly racks that look like ones I had in 10th grade, though cost 20x more - out
- Listening at low volume levels to gauge audiophile purity
- A/B'ing streaming platforms
Finale - $50 audiophile pressings "remastered from the original master tapes" that sound like sanitized cheese spread - magic gone, warped, drop-outed, bubbled, and gain-whacked (there are exceptions for sure)
How about you?
Extra large concert venues Politics that I have no control over looking at house for sale that are 40% overpriced Filling the car with gas, oil change and all car services (Bought an ev in 2023) listening to people comparing new music and classic rock (laptop music vs actually excelling on playing an instrument) BS trends that folks are lining up for like Sheeple Music artist Genre jumping because they can’t come up with anything original in their own genre
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@hilde45 +1. |
Appreciating and experiencing incredible sound without the manic need to own it right then and there ... not easy Approaching demos with the mindset of "what is weak here" before even firing it up, then leaning into a listening positing looking for faults - this is my own character defect in life overall - WIP
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I’m done going to see & hear great musicians in even moderate sized venues whose sound gets ruined by big line array speaker systems digitally amplified. Most of the beautiful nuance, detail, tone etc. of their fine skills played on great instruments is lost. My pretty good home system does a better job communicating all this than any live concert I’ve seen in several years. Small venues like a nightclub or cafe is all I’ll consider now but there aren’t that many left anymore. |
