Well there is clearly something seriously wrong with me then :scratch:Quote:
Originally Posted by Welder
John, doesn't any sort of music move you to tears at times?
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Well there is clearly something seriously wrong with me then :scratch:Quote:
Originally Posted by Welder
John, doesn't any sort of music move you to tears at times?
Lol, perhaps in some ways, but I've always been more considerate than bossy.Quote:
Originally Posted by ursus262
I'm just a very confident and secure-minded person, who isn't easily led or influenced by the actions of others. I've always done my own thing :)
Marco.
I’m not quite sure why you should find my post depressing Marco. :scratch:Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
It’s not as if I don’t like music. I play three to four times a week with others, go to hear live music once a week on average, go dancing when i can which is a very important part of music in our and every other culture.
I would if I could cope with the reproduction shortfalls listen to classical music at home but I find just listening to a recording a bit hollow and unsatisfactory when it comes to classical music in particular.
So I’ve been honest and written that my main interest in Hi Fi is the mechanism of sound reproduction; I can’t see what’s depressing or even anti AoS ethos with that. I can hardly be held at fault for finding it difficult to make an emotional connection with a recording surly?
I’ve been interested in audio since working with military communications equipment when I was an engineer and it’s developed from there. naturally enough this has given me a slightly objective view; not much point in telling a pilot it sounds nice to my ears if he cant understand a word you’ve transmitted.
Music should imo be a live social experience. It’s only fairly recently that music became something that gets listened to by a solitary individual on special equipment. When I go to visit my relatives in Spain and Italy, one of the great things is most of them also play instruments and meet at each others houses or in their local villages and play, sometimes to an audience of strangers sometimes just to friends.
I love music; I’m just not quite so enamoured of this Hi Fi, at home in a special room, mainly solitary business. I’m not sure that makes me any weirder than the solitary man in a room making an emotional connection with a recording and a lot of expensive equipment tbh.
It’s interesting how we all see ourselves.
Not the stuff I listen to on my stereo Tim. :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Tim
At home I mostly listen to pop and funk; I like the pop and at my level of musical accomplishment I can get away with parping along in a band playing funk.
I like a beat mate, happy dancing music if you will.
Take me to a live performance of Verdi's requiem somewhere and you may see a small tear trickle down my cheek.
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Originally Posted by Welder
Like any trance john?:)
jon
So those posts you made about listening to music while you're driving to and from work are to be completely disregarded then Martin?Quote:
Originally Posted by MartinT
There's one simple test. Do you like The Beatles? Anyone who answers 'no' is clearly only pretending to enjoy music. There's clearly something seriously wrong with such people.
Me, I'm happy to admit to feeling emotionally connected to music via whatever medium's available; even a transistor radio will do if the music is right (plus, that's how I discovered much of my favourite music in the first place). I don't list all the various bobbins in my system, because I find that sort of minutiae fairly dull, and I don't have anything customised, 'breathed upon' or tweaked. I have two systems; one valve-based, one solid state, so I'm not dogmatic about that issue either.
That's a great way to boil down what's really important. For indeed, getting the family out of the house would be first. Afterwards, if there was time, I would get as much vinyl out of the house as possible... not, any of the gear. That would be the least of my concerns.Quote:
Originally Posted by morris_minor
How did I choose my current system? I did a bit of research online and picked all the award winning equipment.
How did I pick my previous amp to the one I own now? I walked into Richer sounds, looked for the one with most channels and watts and bought it.
I'd say I'm pretty open minded, I do have some preconceptions about things, if I was proven wrong, I'd be upset for about two minutes (I like knowing it all) and then be happy to have learnt and use my new knowledge to futher my enjoyment.
Oh and I've only read the first three pages of this thread, but I don't think there's any right or wrong with people enjoying the more techinical side of the hobby, if they're more about sound reproduction than music, I wouldn't judge them, it's whatever makes you happy.
No, although I did wonder whether you'd pick me up on that. Even in the car, if I play music it's loud and I'm listening to it as much as is possible while driving. Yes I know that's performing another task, but on my daily commute my mind pretty much does it on automatic and I can really appreciate music to a good degree. I treat it a bit like Spotify - getting to know music better in order to decide what to play at home.Quote:
Originally Posted by Welder
When I'm not in the mood I put Radio 4 on instead, rather than quiet music.