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Why no as many post about music vs equipment......

This web it has been a second university for me in the last 5 years and I am extremely thankful for all of you that always answer my questions as a novice and in general about the hobby!

Call my attention if we all are looking for the music sublime experience why no as many post about music itself?

I am getting curious about two terms audiophile or musicphile, if we spend a great deal of our lives playing with gear trying to achieve unrealistic expectations that only exist in our dreams, taking a huge amount of time that we can dedicate to explore different kind of music around the world.

This days I am trying to educate myself that is all about the music that I am in the hobby no technicalities as a main course.

Don't take my comments personal is just my opinion and in part to start a debate to clear some of my concerns and misunderstoods about two hobbies in one or something else I might haven't found yet.

Thank you again,

Happy weekend.
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brownsfan
1,508 posts
 
I share Mountainsong's interest in seeing more discussion of music on this forum. I love the gear for sure, but it is a means to an end, and the end is music. I am left brain by training and profession, but right brain by passion. The consequence is that while I have a deep love for classical music, my last academic work in music was in the eighth grade. Some time ago it was, and rudimentary at best. Many of the music discussion forums are dominated by people who are music scholars or professional musicians or teachers. Most of the folks around here are like me. Music lovers, not music professionals. But I agree, this site should continue to be dominated by discussion of hardware.
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charles1dad
10,250 posts
 
I`m in line with the sentiments expressed so far.I love to listen to music, yet I do appreciate the audio components that can increase the involvement-emotion connection and thus the enjoyment factor.Like Jaxwire said, music is very personal and it affects us uniquely. I listened for 4 hours last night and was in a state of musical heaven. How would I effectively explain this to someone else on a forum? Components are easier to describe relatively speaking.
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lupinthe3rd
47 posts
 
Music is so subjective, a particular polka song may be fantastic, spectacular even, the pinnacle of polka music, but if you aren't a fan of polka music, you won't appreciate it, so there isn't really anything to discuss.

Besides, like Religion and Politics, most folks already "have their own" and don't really care what your opinion may be.

Equipment on the other hand is universal, and it can be compared and contrasted in an objective manner that has widespread appeal.

Rather than discuss Bible vs. Torah vs. Quran, we are here to discuss the various types of ink, paper, bindings, and so forth.

This is my opinion.
jcharvet
46 posts
 
This may be because we can relate to the experiences we have with the sound produced by the equipment but not necessarily connect with the music preferences (style, genre, etc) themselves.
sonofjim
557 posts
 
I find as I've become more satisfied with the equipment I've put together I spend less and less time on the equipment forum discussions. More and more the music discussions are what interest me the most. So, at least for me, once the hardware lives up to a certain threshold of satisfaction it becomes less and less of the focal point. This threshold will vary greatly from person to person but getting there is a good part of the fun and we really just approach it, we're never quite done.
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