Music

ever since @matthewb showed me his stereo i can't hear music the same

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.

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This is sick, and super interesting.  I’ve never experienced a hifi setup..

Random question, but if you could buy a speaker setup and you only had $5k, what are some quality options you would consider??

* hi-fi and jigsaw puzzles
I love giving hi-fi reccos but it is inherently difficult because we all hear differently and have different definitions of what sounds "right." as a result, there is a not insignificant amount of work that you need to do—listening to many, many speakers—before investing serious money.

at some point I'll write a much longer post about what you need to understand about yourself, your listening habits, your listening space, and your sonic preferences before investing in speakers. the decision process is quite personal: it's a jigsaw puzzle that nobody can solve on your behalf.

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thank you for your kind words!

I wrote a reply here to your question with some details and suggestions:

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thank you for your kind words!

I wrote a reply here to your question with some details and suggestions: https://warpcast.com/matthewb/0xfbdfe0c3