Do you prefer to listen to music alone?

mep said:
I'm not interested in having an audio club of goobers over at my house though. My wife would flip out if a bunch of guys who look like they just left a Star Wars Convention showed up at our house.
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That is funny mep. I have always referred to the people in the local audio group, myself included, as music goobers.

I have had the group here a few times and my wife has no issue with the house full. I guess it is a trade off. I make food and entertain when her tennis team ladies are here.
 
One of the main reasons I like listening alone is that when I have audiophile friends over, they always want to hear their "audiophile" albums to evaluate. I REALLY like listening to albums, discovering new things, listen to some of my favorite albums completely without talking, discussing how this compares to that, etc.

Testament to my POV is that I have only ONE listening chair in my room; and it's not a small room. I admit to being a misanthropic curmudgeon.
 
I like to listen in to music in a large group. I'm generous I play loud enough so my whole neighborhood can enjoy my superior taste in music. :)

But more seriously I prefer to listen alone.
 
mep said:
Yep, wives love to yammer and they expect you to listen and respond. The problem is that after you have been married a long time, men develop a notch filter in their hearing that is centered around the frequency their wife is yapping on. We see their lips moving, but we don't really hear what they are saying unless they start talking about sex because that voice is carried on a different frequency. When you are doing 37-life, you learn to instinctively nod your head at the right times and say such things as: Um-hmm, Is that right?, Really? Wow.
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Spot on. Same here.
 
It depends on my mood. I'm rarely alone, but its nice when I can choose the tunes without a second thought. My kids are 2 and 4 and there is nothing better than finding music they connect with. If they weren't into it, I would not have gone this far down the rabbits hole. So my journey continues toward a select ii.

Dave
 
Like SuperDave, it depends on mood. For really serious listening, alone. However, with a group of friends who also love music, I expose them to some music that is new to them and likewise they have me fire up music on TIDAL that I don't know. One of the most fun things is to have beverages with these friends and rotate the main listening chair. We rotate requests from person to person and when their song comes up, they get the sweet spot. A way for them to full appreciate a high-end system. The best though was with my previous girlfriend when we'd be finishing wine after a meal and listening to music together. She'd listen to a lot of music with me and loved it. I miss those days.
 
Like a lot of things in life, a combination yields the best results

Love listening by myself with the challenge of self control, meaning I can sit in the room for hours on end and with no windows, it’s like coming out a casino at 0600 and having the sun hit your eyes - down side is you don’t see the family

Second best is with my wife, though she gets board quickly and of course when she does I try to rectify that

Then their are the fun times with a group of friends, digging the music and having a few drinks.


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My wife and I always go to concerts together. Essentially all classical of different types, about 70 a year. We're just finishing up a series of 5 concerts of different pianists (2nd San Francisco International Piano Festival), held in different venues around the Bay Area in the last five days. It is great to be married to someone who has a deep love and appreciation for classical music. We connect on both an intellectual and emotional level. Being able to physically touch someone who appreciates a particular phrase in the moment makes the moment even more special. Last Thursday was extra special. The pianist played one of the last three Beethoven piano sonatas, Op.109. It was the same piece my wife played 48 years ago which convinced me that she was the one! And we celebrate our 48th anniversary this December.

That said, I listen to my stereo system mostly solo. There is only one sweet spot, unlike a concert hall. We do watch movies together, mostly documentaries in the same place, where the sweet spot is not so important.

Larry
 
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