Last night, I was watching a wonderful documentary about Gorillas, narrated by Sir David Attenborough. Fascinating stuff covering a few generations and personalities of the same clan: alpha male silverbacks, infant primates, aggression, affection, competition, communication, play, murder, outcasts, environmental conditions, and familial bonds.
Gorillas are a lot like people. Or maybe people are a lot like Gorillas. IDK. But one thing I noticed is that Gorillas don’t have stereos. That’s right!—no turntables or streamers or CDPs. Gorillas don’t appear to obsess over soundstages or cartridges or bit rates or compression or sweet spots or DD vs. belt drive or tubes vs. SS.
Odd creatures—right?
Maybe it’s because they’re offline and don’t have access to Amazon? Maybe they’re content without a subscription to TAS? (I doubt it.) But IDK. Not one of them seemed to own a copy of Robert Harley’s “The Complete Guide to High-End Audio.” Go figure.
Got me thinking: Do I really need a stereo? I guess I could monkey around well enough without one. Eventually, I’ll have to come to terms with the fact that stereos, like everything else, are temporary distractions (it’s not like I’m an ancient Egyptian with a pyramid to line with bass traps). And I doubt that my Klipschorns and tube amps will accompany me into whatever state-sponsored dementia- or memory- or mental-ward will no doubt eventually house me.
Thoughts? Anyway, it’s “A Gorilla Story” on Netflix. Highly recommended.
Gorillas are a lot like people. Or maybe people are a lot like Gorillas. IDK. But one thing I noticed is that Gorillas don’t have stereos. That’s right!—no turntables or streamers or CDPs. Gorillas don’t appear to obsess over soundstages or cartridges or bit rates or compression or sweet spots or DD vs. belt drive or tubes vs. SS.
Odd creatures—right?
Maybe it’s because they’re offline and don’t have access to Amazon? Maybe they’re content without a subscription to TAS? (I doubt it.) But IDK. Not one of them seemed to own a copy of Robert Harley’s “The Complete Guide to High-End Audio.” Go figure.
Got me thinking: Do I really need a stereo? I guess I could monkey around well enough without one. Eventually, I’ll have to come to terms with the fact that stereos, like everything else, are temporary distractions (it’s not like I’m an ancient Egyptian with a pyramid to line with bass traps). And I doubt that my Klipschorns and tube amps will accompany me into whatever state-sponsored dementia- or memory- or mental-ward will no doubt eventually house me.
Thoughts? Anyway, it’s “A Gorilla Story” on Netflix. Highly recommended.
