It occurs to me that no one on this forum is in it for the music only no matter what is said.
After all it’s called Audio gon.
There are plenty of other music sites.
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.
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@rvpiano If you are already heavily invested in conventional 2 channel hifi, conduct an experiment...which is moving yourself closer into nearfield 4, 5 or 6ft from speakers and adjust toe-in. Determine if some additional level of envelopment/immersion is being created by the soundfield, trying to shut down the analytical mind. If that's the case, BACCH processing (by Dr. Choueiri) might be a solution at your regular listening distance...i.e., it can launch you deeper into the recordings..way inside, no longer sitting on the analytical fence periphery. Or if you are too pressed for space w.r.t a big multichannel rig,, you could even try some nearfield multichannel like the following example. Guy in the video is using some cheap gear, but, it is to get the general idea. https://youtu.be/aGUs_FS7n8w?si=WbisatTuNFPuw63Z I know hifi speaker and amp designers who sell you hifi stuff, but, will only do their personal listening (for enjoyment) with above mentioned deviations from hifi stereo purism.
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