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Why i'm not an audiophile

genxsheepdog

genxsheepdog

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I love music, all genres, live or prerecorded, makes no difference to me, but I do not have the ear or experience to really be able to talk about warmth, sound stage and all those terms that are thrown around. I like a good jam session regardless of the system, most sound good to me. I currently have both new and vintage equipment in my home. I have a Onkyo A/V receiver for my home theater powering a set of Focal Sibs with a Cub2 subwoofer. My listening setup is a Kenwood KR-3010 and Polk Audio T-15 speakers. I also have some vintage Teac speakers and modern Sony speakers that I switch back and forth.

My uncle got me into HiFi when I was a teenager. He had a Carver amp, preamp, and tuner, twin Nakamechi cassette decks, Yamaha turntable, DBX noise reduction, and Acoustic Research AR9LSi speakers. It sounded so good and I would listen to it for hours at a time.

About 2 years ago I got to go to a stereo shop in Nashville and audition one of the best systems I imagine exist. Wilson Audio WAMM Master Chronosonic speakers powered by McIntosh mono block amps, dual 15 inch subs (possibly REL) and I don't know what the input devices were. The salesman told me it was a $1,000,000 system and boy did it sound phenomenal. Like better than anything I had ever experienced and probably ever will again.

Well, this is me in a nutshell. Hope to learn a lot from everyone.
 
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From what you've shared in your "initial take on music", by definition, you are contrary to what you propose in the title of your thread.


You may lack some of the audio terms to describe what you hear, but the very way you state your "love of music" in general, makes you
"a lover of sound", which is translated from Greek in being a "audiophile".

As far as describing sound, other senses are used to describe the hearing experience, warmth, depth, stage, image, etc.

And the bottom line in being able to discern different nuances in what you hear, is to a degree learned over time.


Evaluation is subjective and at best limited to the individual due to hearing ability, age, the listening environment, and the gear reproducing the sound. Mind you, there is the other group of listeners who assess using only electronic filters to determine what is good and what is not.

You love music, then you are a "lover of sound"...an audiophile.

Q
 
Quadman2 said:
From what you've shared in your "initial take on music", by definition, you are contrary to what you propose in the title of your thread.


You may lack some of the audio terms to describe what you hear, but the very way you state your "love of music" in general, makes you
"a lover of sound", which is translated from Greek in being a "audiophile".

As far as describing sound, other senses are used to describe the hearing experience, warmth, depth, stage, image, etc.

And the bottom line in being able to discern different nuances in what you hear, is to a degree learned over time.


Evaluation is subjective and at best limited to the individual due to hearing ability, age, the listening environment, and the gear reproducing the sound. Mind you, there is the other group of listeners who assess using only electronic filters to determine what is good and what is not.

You love music, then you are a "lover of sound"...an audiophile.

Q
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egellings said:
I'm not an audiophile; I'm an audio crazie; it's like the difference between alcoholics and drunkards. Us drunks don't go to no meetin's.
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That's how I feel about speakers... I want to hear them all
 
Sorry...forgot to share a "Welcome" to AK.

Got swept up
in my wanting
to share that
you are one
of us..., more
so now.


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