Why audio?

The day that I heard music through a really good system, everything changed. It was an amazing feeling and experience. So addictive, I wanted more.
 
mep said:
Chris-You keep saying that over and over again like if you say it enough times you might actually believe it or it might actually come true.:D The flip side of that is that you can only keep them happy for so long and then they become unhappy again. Either that or you will look in the mirror one day and wonder who that person is staring back at you. Trying to keep a woman happy is a full-time job like keeping weeds out of your yard when your surrounded by neighbors that breed dandelions. The work never ends and this is coming from a guy who has only been married once and is currently doing 37 to life.
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20 years and going strong here, we both retired in our 50's so life is good. and yes we have a happy life and I do have a happy wife. PS: I don't pull weeds , but I know a guy :D
 
Another thing that just amazes me is analog recording and reproduction. Being an engineer/geek, I'm still amazed by the simple fact if you move a magnet in a coil of wire a signal is induced. Wow! Laws of the natural world. And then some fellow's brain takes that idea and created the microphone, and then somebody figures out you can record that signal by transcribing it physically into wax. And then you can drag a needle through the wax (vinyl), recreate a tiny current by wobbling a magnet in a coil (or vice versa), and viola! The signal is restored, to be passed to another magnet/coil arrangement in a speaker and recreate the sound waves.

To me, that is just f*cking cool!

Of course, further geek-y-ness yields digital. But the analog thing is something else. On the one hand, it seems so old. On the other hand, it is timeless.
 
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I still just think back to the day I heard my first real system. It was totally unlike anything I had ever heard before, and I was hooked instantly. I eventually purchased that system, and still have most of the components.
 
Like many other posts here, music is the main driver. But since you asked for reasons other than the music...



Bobvin said:
Another thing that just amazes me is analog recording and reproduction. Being an engineer/geek, I'm still amazed by the simple fact if you move a magnet in a coil of wire a signal is induced. Wow! Laws of the natural world. And then some fellow's brain takes that idea and created the microphone, and then somebody figures out you can record that signal by transcribing it physically into wax. And then you can drag a needle through the wax (vinyl), recreate a tiny current by wobbling a magnet in a coil (or vice versa), and viola! The signal is restored, to be passed to another magnet/coil arrangement in a speaker and recreate the sound waves.

To me, that is just fucking cool!

Of course, further geek-y-ness yields digital. But the analog thing is something else. On the one hand, it seems so old. On the other hand, it is timeless.
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+1 on the technical/geeky side of the hobby. Something very cool about the capture, storage, and reproduction of music.


Another aspect I like is the challenge of trying to improve my system, be it changing speaker/listening positions, little tweaks, cable changes, acoustic treatments, or whole hog component upgrades. It's not only an investment of money, but time, patience, and understanding. It's like a big puzzle but with no picture to guide you. But when a change works, it's an extremely gratifying to me.
 
socfan12 said:
Like many other posts here, music is the main driver. But since you asked for reasons other than the music...





+1 on the technical/geeky side of the hobby. Something very cool about the capture, storage, and reproduction of music.


Another aspect I like is the challenge of trying to improve my system, be it changing speaker/listening positions, little tweaks, cable changes, acoustic treatments, or whole hog component upgrades. It's not only an investment of money, but time, patience, and understanding. It's like a big puzzle but with no picture to guide you. But when a change works, it's an extremely gratifying to me.
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Allen, it's nice to hear from you, you're an important part of our little forum !
 
Myles B. Astor said:
You're kidding right? Women don't get music? That's why 1/2 of orchestras today are composed of women. Or women rockers. Or the number of young women now involved in jazz music, not to mention winning numerous jazz competitions. So women make the music but only us audiophiles really understand music. Maybe they aren't involved because they don't like the condescending attitude of audiophiles. Something that both my current wife (and ex-wife) encountered in their time attending audio shows.
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Mastering an instrument does not require a deep emotional connection. Bjorn Borg was noted for saying he never really liked tennis yet one of the worlds greatest players. What matters is how does one spend money and time. THats where the heart lies. Audiophiles are 99% men that's undeniable. The idea that this can be attributed to condescension is a bit far fetched. No, women aren't audiophiles for the most obvious and simple reason, they don't care about high quality audio reproduction. So why would that be? Maybe it's the cost? But I doubt it as I strongly suspect that if you gave the equipment away, women would still prefer other ways to spend their leisure time. So the answer must be that they don't want to sit and listen to music. Most men don't want to either. But of the few that do want to do this, they are almost exclusively men.

Yes, I'm sure you can point to an example of a woman that does like to sit and listen to music, but this would be an outlier, an anomaly. An exception does not disprove a general truth. And in general all audiophiles are men.
 
Jax, most woman don't have the time as the kitchen/house is a 24/7 dynasty, but, in all seriousness, electronics are to women what bridal showers are to men.
 
Happy wife, happy life. The commitment to my own happiness is why I have a new wife. And when it comes to the box count, The Lady appreciates the AV result it delivers.
 
jaxwired said:
Mastering an instrument does not require a deep emotional connection. Bjorn Borg was noted for saying he never really liked tennis yet one of the worlds greatest players. What matters is how does one spend money and time. THats where the heart lies. Audiophiles are 99% men that's undeniable. The idea that this can be attributed to condescension is a bit far fetched. No, women aren't audiophiles for the most obvious and simple reason, they don't care about high quality audio reproduction. So why would that be? Maybe it's the cost? But I doubt it as I strongly suspect that if you gave the equipment away, women would still prefer other ways to spend their leisure time. So the answer must be that they don't want to sit and listen to music. Most men don't want to either. But of the few that do want to do this, they are almost exclusively men.

Yes, I'm sure you can point to an example of a woman that does like to sit and listen to music, but this would be an outlier, an anomaly. An exception does not disprove a general truth. And in general all audiophiles are men.
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I know plenty of women who will sit down and listen to music. Almost none that would sit down and listen to audio gear. Maybe they're not always the same thing after all?
 
Julot said:
I know plenty of women who will sit down and listen to music. Almost none that would sit down and listen to audio gear. Maybe they're not always the same thing after all?
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I have to agree with you as my wife does the same, she loves music, loves concerts, even sings but for her to set down and just listen to audio gear, ain't going to happen. She would rather put on a pair of wireless phones and walk around the house or take her ipod to beach and set there for hours watching the waves. Her sister in law in a classical trained pianist and will set for hours playing her Steingraeber in her formal room, but to set down and listen to music on audio gear, nope she would rather play it.
 
CPP said:
I have to agree with you as my wife does the same, she loves music, loves concerts, even sings but for her to set down and just listen to audio gear, ain't going to happen. She would rather put on a pair of wireless phones and walk around the house or take her ipod to beach and set there for hours watching the waves. Her sister in law in a classical trained pianist and will set for hours playing her Steingraeber in her formal room, but to set down and listen to music on audio gear, nope she would rather play it.
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Going to a concert is a social event. There are many factors that motivate people to attend beyond the music itself.
 
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