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In the Forum: Playback Listening
In the Thread: How to make a music person to “get” Audio?

Post Subject: Musicians and womenPosted by Jorge on: 5/25/2012

I used to have a few musician friends and played a little myself, but they were never really interested in audio, they did have a system but no intention to sit in the sweetspot or anything of the sort, we used to go to concerts and they would carry with them the partiture of the concert playing and they would be reading it through the concert, they were every time pissed becuase they missed a couple of notes or the expression was off....pf
My point is; not even in the concert hall were they into sitting and listening to the music, but mainly hearing the interpretation note by note.
Playing music is so much more involving it would be like watching porn instead of having great sex!

I do have a friend who is into audio and is a musician, he claims his hearing is very bad after 20 years of playing between the trumpets and the kettledrums! But in my opinion he does listen pretty well...

Now about woman and audio, IME they dont mix, when I started living with my now wife, I would turn my system on and sit down in the sweetspot and she would come over and sit on the couch and chat! I had to very bluntly tell her: I am listening to music please shut up! She was just trying to be nice and thought I put the music so we can talk and was probably expecting a cocktail... Later she realized it was so important for me she would try to listen and give her opinions, but when she knew I was caught, forgto all about it. These days she watches House on the TV and leaves me my own space for audio, and I think its better this way.

If she really knew about audio and gear I think it would be a tragedy! "So you did went a bought the the EM Labs 45 tubes, what happened to the vintage RCA that you loooved so much last week? So they are just gonna stay in that box with the other 5 pairs of $ 500 bucks tubes? As if money grew out of the trees!!!" Where did that Koetsu Urushi came from? And dont tell me one of your audio buddies lent it you, I know nobody in their right mind will lend cartridges, y told I wanted the Lyra but you had to do what you want!" :-)

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