04-Dec-2014, 14:39
Guillaume, Flashman - nice posts!
I take the point particularly about the journey of discovery without a destination. For me one of my strongest memories of hearing what I thought was "proper" hi-fi was in the late 1970s or early 1980s, in a specialist shop in Coventry (of all places). I vividly remember listening to a large chunk of John Martyn's "Solid Air" on a demonstration system - I have no idea what it was, but certainly nothing truly high-end - and being almost literally awestruck by the sound picture it created. I'm sure it was a happy combination of beautiful music along with some technical aspects such as realistic imaging etc. that I hadn't heard before. Although my current system probably "does everything better" than what I heard that day, it is still with me as a strong guide to the emotional reaction that tells me when a system is working well.
[Sorry, this is well off the original topic...]
I take the point particularly about the journey of discovery without a destination. For me one of my strongest memories of hearing what I thought was "proper" hi-fi was in the late 1970s or early 1980s, in a specialist shop in Coventry (of all places). I vividly remember listening to a large chunk of John Martyn's "Solid Air" on a demonstration system - I have no idea what it was, but certainly nothing truly high-end - and being almost literally awestruck by the sound picture it created. I'm sure it was a happy combination of beautiful music along with some technical aspects such as realistic imaging etc. that I hadn't heard before. Although my current system probably "does everything better" than what I heard that day, it is still with me as a strong guide to the emotional reaction that tells me when a system is working well.
[Sorry, this is well off the original topic...]
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