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Music Lane It's all about the music, dude! Sit down, relax and listen to some tunes. |
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Music Lane It's all about the music, dude! Sit down, relax and listen to some tunes. |
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In Reply to: Alas . . . posted by markrohr on November 2, 2006 at 09:32:53:
... most audiophile gizmo-geeks wouldn't know a good performance if it bit them on the a**.I know one audiophile pretty well who spends tens of thousands of dollars every year on audio electronics. Like every other gizmo geek I've encountered, he is constantly searching for "perfect" audio reproduction, and addicted to trying out every new toy, mod, and theory in his quest. In reality, for him and for most of the audiophiles I've encountered, listening to music is merely a means toward analyzing equipment. Conversations are almost always about equipment, not music. In fact, most of them can never listen to a symphony or concerto all the way through. Within a few minutes, they are completely distracted by the equipment or the quality of the recording, one of which is inevitably inadequate. And most of them wouldn't know a good performance from a lousy performance, only whether it sounds the way they want it to sound.
So what is different from the conductor, who's system lets him hear the music as he wants to hear it? He's more interested in the music, the audiophile is more interested in the audio. Different priorities.
However, just from my own listening experience, I would have to say that the conductor is not listening through B&Ws if the sound is loud, hard, and bright.
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Follow Ups
- And also Alas . . . - Amphissa 13:20:16 11/02/06 (2)
- Yeah, the street goes both ways. - markrohr 04:19:30 11/03/06 (0)
- He wasn't they guy who dissed me at stereophile for owning spkrs for 25yrs was he? - Timbo in Oz 00:34:56 11/03/06 (0)
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