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LoFi

My sound system is down for repairs (I don’t know for how long). I’m now reduced to listening to music on Alexa’s transmission of WQXR, New York’s classical music station, in LoFi. Surprisingly, I’m getting into the music more easily. Without the distraction of sonic values, I’m able to totally concentrate on the music itself. I don’t need Hifi and soundstaging to “get” the musical message. it brings me back to my youth when I listened on a table radio and first fell in love with music. I find that I now can follow a piece of music from beginning to end more easily.

Not that I’m ready to give up the hobby. Just an interesting observation.

rvpiano
immatthewj
2,845 posts
 

Well, like they always say, "That was then and this is now."  

grislybutter
3,627 posts
 

there is a connection component to listening to music that has little to do with the quality of the source. It's how we receive and hear and what it evokes. It's like reading words creates a world in our brain, hearing sounds creates a world of emotions in our psyche.

inna
7,916 posts
 

Well, sometimes I listen to music on iphone, not for long. You can hear the outlines but not real music, but you can imagine a lot of it since it's not there. There is no substitute for a good sound.

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rvpiano OP
2,751 posts
 

@stereo5 

I’m trying to find the problem.
The best guess is that I have a tube that went bad in my preamp.

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blackbag20
545 posts
 

I had my Odyssey Tempest preamp serviced recently. In preparation, i picked up an interim, APT Holman Pre.

To my chagrin the vintage Holman bested the OT ... not by a little

Why not pick up a temp unit?  

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