Are Gilles Calipers being henked?I will remember to come over when your apogees come back from Henk, to listen to your harmonia mundi and old Decca
If yes, congrats to that. Excellent decision
Are Gilles Calipers being henked?I will remember to come over when your apogees come back from Henk, to listen to your harmonia mundi and old Decca
ImOP is trolling, but audiophiles are a complex lot. Pigeonholing is in the eye of the beholder.
I would say if somebody is happy with a boom box, they can count themselves lucky that was where it ended for them.
Exactly. High end audiophiles focus on sound. Not the music.
Audiophiles are in love with sound. Music fans are in love with music.
It’s not the same. Not even close.
And I am a music fan. Hands down. And proud.
for years I’ve had a pair of large advents, a marantz 2240b, a gold ring turntable, and adcom 555.
And it’s been great. Maybe cost me 1500 bucks in all.
I decided to step up and got a set of mordaunt short high end speakers, a classe amp, halo parasound phono preamp, and an avid turntable. TOTALLY broke the bank for me. Used it was a 10k investment.
And it was a huge mistake.
The good stuff sounds AMAZING. BUT, the average stuff sounds awful. Zero middle ground. That’s just dumb. Made me listening to only certain music. And I became searching for what didn’t sound like crap. The opposite of what I hoped.
I was so disappointed. I am selling all the new high end stuff and going right back with my old set up. A setup that makes 95% of my albums just kick ass. The high end stuff made like 15% of my collection listenable.
Apparently I am not an audiophile despite having played professional guitar all over the world. And recording in the best studios in the USA. And being a tone junky.
Eye opener.
With all due respect for those that do this and IMHO, one indication that an audiophile favors gear over music is the individual that listens to the same old group of records, cd's or whatever music time and time again. I know I did this many years ago and have now ceased this behavior.
Audiophiles are in love with sound. Music fans are in love with music.
It’s not the same. Not even close.
And I am a music fan. Hands down. And proud.
for years I’ve had a pair of large advents, a marantz 2240b, a gold ring turntable, and adcom 555.
And it’s been great. Maybe cost me 1500 bucks in all.
I decided to step up and got a set of mordaunt short high end speakers, a classe amp, halo parasound phono preamp, and an avid turntable. TOTALLY broke the bank for me. Used it was a 10k investment.
And it was a huge mistake.
The good stuff sounds AMAZING. BUT, the average stuff sounds awful. Zero middle ground. That’s just dumb. Made me listening to only certain music. And I became searching for what didn’t sound like crap. The opposite of what I hoped.
I was so disappointed. I am selling all the new high end stuff and going right back with my old set up. A setup that makes 95% of my albums just kick ass. The high end stuff made like 15% of my collection listenable.
Apparently I am not an audiophile despite having played professional guitar all over the world. And recording in the best studios in the USA. And being a tone junky.
Eye opener.
I had a Lafayette receiver once it cost like $25 on eBay ,..,and it was more musical sounding than the stupid classe amp I had .... these things complete lack EQ made no sense.
I think you just are mistaken in your conclusion. Audiophiles are music lovers first and foremost. Just because you didn't like the way the music sounded on your system, doesn't have anything whatsoever to do with how music sounds on others' systems. Sounds like snobbery to me to say that those who love music are only those who don't have great gear.Audiophiles are in love with sound. Music fans are in love with music.
It’s not the same. Not even close.
And I am a music fan. Hands down. And proud.
for years I’ve had a pair of large advents, a marantz 2240b, a gold ring turntable, and adcom 555.
And it’s been great. Maybe cost me 1500 bucks in all.
I decided to step up and got a set of mordaunt short high end speakers, a classe amp, halo parasound phono preamp, and an avid turntable. TOTALLY broke the bank for me. Used it was a 10k investment.
And it was a huge mistake.
The good stuff sounds AMAZING. BUT, the average stuff sounds awful. Zero middle ground. That’s just dumb. Made me listening to only certain music. And I became searching for what didn’t sound like crap. The opposite of what I hoped.
I was so disappointed. I am selling all the new high end stuff and going right back with my old set up. A setup that makes 95% of my albums just kick ass. The high end stuff made like 15% of my collection listenable.
Apparently I am not an audiophile despite having played professional guitar all over the world. And recording in the best studios in the USA. And being a tone junky.
Eye opener.