That is a very valid point, I agree with this. Especially when you think about cost of hifi. I am a great believer in, more in money doesn't always mean better in sound. You can spend thousands on the best equipment yet you can spend very little and achieve just as good a sound. Dom, does do a lot of tinkering, he does like to know how things work and what works best for him, but also what he believes sounds better, but by the same token I do like to listen to the music and just enjoy. However, I have noticed significantly in the past that some pieces of music I have heard have sounded different (not necessarily better) than when I have heard the same piece of music with different equipment.
I have heard lots of different equipment in the past, and if I am honest I have to say, that's what got me interested. I also like to know how things work and why they work the way they do. An example is coils on a cartridge, sounds a bit silly but I am interested in how they work. Also the difference in sound from various carts and arms. I think we have all done this at some point, because that is just part of hifi. You do get engrossed in something, particularly if something sounds good and has blown you away from everything you are getting out of the record. Not necessarily in an emotional level, but just shocked because you didn't think that sound would come from that particular cart or arm or turntable etc etc.
I do sit and listen very hard, and if I am truly honest, I'm not listening to the record but the back ground and what I can hear, but once I have heard it a few times, I then listen to the actual record. On occassions when something is really good and I am completely enjoying what I am listening to, I do get emotionally involved in that particular piece of vinyl, but the majority of the time I am listening to what the system can do. Dom does use me at times as his listening board. But to be honest, I listen to music as and when I can, because our business doesn't really allow us to listen to music as we are constantly testing someone elses equipment. But, as I have said there are times when I do listen to something and think this is really nice to listen too.
Anyway, I am still a techno jungle acid house jazz fan and I am sticking to that:lol:
Natalie;)
