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by popular request (okay just @ted and @nicholas) here is an overview of our hi-fi setup: * but first, why? listening to music can be either a passive activity, like background music while cooking or commuting, or an activity that demands your full attention. if the latter, then the quality of your experience is shaped by the ability of your system to reproduce music. this means everything from source (streaming, CD, vinyl, reel-to-reel tape) → amplification → volume control (preamp) → speakers and all of the cables in between. maybe this all sounds dumb (who cares about cables???) but until you have a once-in-a-lifetime experience listening to a really great system, you won't know what you're missing from your favourite music. not just technical qualities like detail or extension, but emotion, texture, and meaning. hi-fi is a great real-world example of plato's cave, because once you've heard what you're missing... you can't unhear it. [1/4]
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Goals. For now I just have a real nice headset - but once I figured out where I want to live for a longer time I definitely want a setup like this. Pls talk more about it. There's worlds between consuming passively VS actively. And latter is much more fulfilling and in the end leaves more of a mark.
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thank you for the thoughtful reply! completely agree re: passive vs. active listening, it is very different and likewise for the outcomes. what kind of headphones do you have?
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