googleborg
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conspicuous consumption aye
So, in the end, are any of these purchases "justified?" I guess to the extent that they bring a certain "pleasure of ownership," why not. But, of course, that doesn't answer the question I posed at the beginning, which was: is there any point to paying top dollar for cutting headphone technology to listen to recordings that were made using 40-year-old recording technology?
How bout you guys start talking when you have owned a lamborghini or ferrari?
I've actually had a lambo lp640 sitting in my dad's garage for 2 years.
Most people just look down on "status symbols" because they never had the advantage or the money to afford one. But it's a whole new world when you're actually part of it.
So my question is this: what sort of benefit do you really get from using your space-aged headphones to listen to audio recordings (i.e. the Beatles) which were recorded with bronze-age, 1960's technology?
Now not to be an arrogant prick (since being one is terrible for the reputation of this community), but you really shouldn't make such a daft statement without any basis. I mean you have barely gotten your feet wet in this hobby with the SRH440s.
"So my question is this: what sort of benefit do you really get from using your space-aged headphones to listen to audio recordings (i.e. the Beatles) which were recorded with bronze-age, 1960's technology?"
Here is a bit of the uncomfortable truth. We as audiophiles listen to recordings, not music. We can only hear music (playback) through a recorded medium. The Beatles are an excellent example of this as they were famous for the use of production and recording techniques to create their songs. Much of their music only existed as a recording, there was not a single performance that happened, it was constructed out of parts. While people talk about listening to the music, it's the recording that we truly listening to.
That sort of begs the question is music an intellectual experienhce or a visceral one?
Quote:That sort of begs the question is music an intellectual experienhce or a visceral one?
There is no reason that it has to be an either or proposition.
A bird needs two wings to fly.