zano65;245867 Wrote:
What's the point of being an audiophile if you are not a music lover?
One might as well make electric trains or collect stamps. I consider
myself as an audiophile because i prefer to listen to the music i love
on the best system i can afford instead of the crappy record
bigfool1956;245697 Wrote:
Looking at the original post:
Isn't option 1 what happens when you have a great hi-fi and then you
get married, and option 2 what you get when you slink off to another
room ipod in hand?
How true :o(
One answer would be to get a second SB I'spose . .
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What's the point of being an audiophile if you are not a music lover?
One might as well make electric trains or collect stamps. I consider
myself as an audiophile because i prefer to listen to the music i love
on the best system i can afford instead of the crappy record player or
radio i had in
JJZolx;245508 Wrote:
1) Have a hi-fi system to die for, but only be able to play on it a
relatively small selection of, say, 300 musical masterpieces,
beautifully recorded and mastered.
That's an interesting point of view, and one I have a lot of sympathy
for. My music library is about 1200
cliveb;245556 Wrote:
I have always been perplexed by the commonly-held view that to be a true
music lover you have to have lots of it. In what other field is quantity
regarded as more important than quality?
None of any consequence, but I'm not so sure that audio quantity really
is regarded
I have always been perplexed by the commonly-held view that to be a true
music lover you have to have lots of it. In what other field is quantity
regarded as more important than quality?
I think it goes hand-in-glove that someone who loves something will
tend to accumulate material related to
Looking at the original post:
Isn't option 1 what happens when you have a great hi-fi and then you
get married, and option 2 what you get when you slink off to another
room ipod in hand?
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bigfool1956
David Ayers
Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more
bigfool1956;245697 Wrote:
then you get married
Cute post.
And as it turns out - married then gets you.
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haunyack
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brjoon1021;245248 Wrote:
I hope that I am a fully recovered audiophile that is now a music lover.
I remember buying many CDs that sounded good though I hated the music.
Steve Winwood and Anita Baker (I was in my last years of High School and
early College) come to mind.
I am also trying
I don't remember the name but it was a comeback album in the late 80's
or early 90's that was out about the same time as Peter Garbriel's
So. I bought both of those and others because reviewers gave them
excellent marks for sound quality. The Steve Winwood disk I never
really liked but listened
Gotta go with the music, even though I occasionally get flack from
audiophile friends for it I've got some albums here that sound
like they were played with dry wall screws at some point in their life,
but the performances are so good they still end up on my turntable
Cheers! Dave
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I like to think that I'm both an audiphile and a music lover. Given the
choice, without question I'd opt for number two, and I think you'd have
a very hard time finding even the most hard core gear-hound that would
make any other choice.
You could make it much more difficult (and the
I'll pick option one. Really.
I've always liked music when it was on and had cds for the car, but was
never a music lover.
That is until I went to buy a HT setup and happened across an arcam on
focals. I have no idea what I've been listening to all my life - sound
maybe - but not music. I
The other day a friend said to me Well, I'm not an audiophile like you
. . ., referring to the mini system he played his music on.
This got me thinking, because I don't think I'm an audiophile - more a
music lover who likes good quality sound. I have (a very healthy)
cynicism of the claims made
morris_minor;245092 Wrote:
1) Have a hi-fi system to die for, but only be allowed to play music on
it you currently hate.
... what would you do . . .?
Interesting.
I would certainly listen to less music given both choices.
Perhaps akin to acquiring a taste for eggplant, I would choose
That's a nice approach, but I'm fear that any audiophile, even the most
hardcore care for music enough to answer 2...
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vrobin
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Yep, option 2 all the way.
Although i would like to spend money on a nice stereo i have other
priorities right now.
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What's the most powerful car without gas? ;) A beautiful object but
nothing you can use for transportation.
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vrobin
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It's all about the music.
Isn't it ... ?
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Option 2 without a doubt.
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darrenyeats
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Many audiophiles spend their time thinking about the next upgrade to
their systems.
Music lovers think about their next music purchases.
Bill
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Listener;245198 Wrote:
Many audiophiles spend their time thinking about the next upgrade to
their systems.
Music lovers think about their next music purchases.
Bill
And some of us do both!
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sleepysurf
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swl 9.0se
I hope that I am a fully recovered audiophile that is now a music lover.
I remember buying many CDs that sounded good though I hated the music.
Steve Winwood and Anita Baker (I was in my last years of High School and
early College) come to mind.
I am also trying to recover from being a purist
sleepysurf;245224 Wrote:
And some of us do both!
You must be rich!
Bill
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Hah, I think I'm option 2.. Sometimes I happily put on low quality
pandora streams just so I can listen to some good music.
I guess I have what I would call a water line where I'd rather not
listen to music at all.
Things that will make me turn off the music:
* Car tape adapters
* Car FM
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