Anyone ever said to you........

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"do you listen to your system or to music?' I'm thinking, are those mutually exclusive? Until that was said to me I really never thought about it. Maybe the person was jealous, or maybe just didn't understand the passion.

For me, I listen to music, that's why I select, what I like, when listening. But if I didn't notice the aspects of how well the music was rendered, that would defeat the purpose, or drive, to have quality gear. I mean, I don't see it as a negative if I want to hear my favorite song on my best system opposed to a boombox. Thankfully, I have the choice.
 
I would have to say the only time I am not listening to music and concentrating on the system is when I am A/B'ing gear. Once that is over and I have made a decision I just assume everything sounds good and then go back to enjoying music.
 
Yes. And this is a good topic. With the system I have now (and have had for two years - a world record for me), I listen to music. I listen to the best sounding to the crappiest sounding albums and they all sound good! I can go from Hugh Masakela Hope to some old Patsy Cline album and everything in between. I can't say that about every system I've owned. I've owned systems that limited music playback mostly due to my room challenges. Since treating the room like crazy with bass traps from Resolution Acoustics and diffusors and absorbers from Vicoustics and moving to a controlled directivity speaker (limiting room interactions), my room actually doesn't suck anymore and I feel I can listen to everything and anything.

I've tried a few amps and things in my system, but I keep coming back to what I've had for 2 years. For example, the Berning OTL amp was good, but not better than my Triode 300b's, just different.

When you have your system completely dialed in, whether that be with the right cabling, right source, right amps, room treatments, professional setup, etc. than you spend far more time listening to the music than the system - because nothing stands out like a sore thumb. It all blends beautifully in a homogenous manner.
 
Mike said:
Yes. And this is a good topic. With the system I have now (and have had for two years - a world record for me), I listen to music. I listen to the best sounding to the crappiest sounding albums and they all sound good! I can go from Hugh Masakela Hope to some old Patsy Cline album and everything in between. I can't say that about every system I've owned. I've owned systems that limited music playback mostly due to my room challenges. Since treating the room like crazy with bass traps from Resolution Acoustics and diffusors and absorbers from Vicoustics and moving to a controlled directivity speaker (limiting room interactions), my room actually doesn't suck anymore and I feel I can listen to everything and anything.

I've tried a few amps and things in my system, but I keep coming back to what I've had for 2 years. For example, the Berning OTL amp was good, but not better than my Triode 300b's, just different.

When you have your system completely dialed in, whether that be with the right cabling, right source, right amps, room treatments, professional setup, etc. than you spend far more time listening to the music than the system - because nothing stands out like a sore thumb. It all blends beautifully in a homogenous manner.
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Amen
 
Ahh ha , I thought it was an M3 demo. Anyway , sounds like a plan , i dont have to be in Orlando until 9:30- 10 pm ...
 
I listen to music, and love it when it sounds better than before. I listen to my system only when something seems wrong, or I have changed/added something.
 
I listen to music as well.. It's my feeling that If people are listening to systems, it's a sign for insecurity in their own system.

There sure is different ways to listen and nothing is right or wrong and it's a subjective matter, but when people starts to make an excel document on how their system is sounding or should sound, that's when i'm bailing out! :audiophile:
 
It's much the same as the discussion between gearheads and track racers: both derive satisfaction from their pursuits.

There's a happy community of DIY horn builders that gleefully spend hours simulating (and testing?) designs.

When my gear is working correctly, I don't notice it at all...

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I use to do both, listen to music and my system. I am at the point where I am no longer critical of my system and 100% enjoy it. Are there things that I would consider changing, sure but I don't feel the need to.
 
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