I've always found variations on this topic interesting. I remember in high school my friend spent $100 to put a stereo with speakers in his truck. I did not think it was possible to spend less on a new system. Somehow the placement of the speakers made them sound extremely full when we listened to rock music in the cab. The system would drive spontaneous air guitar almost every time and simply sounded amazing for the money.
At the time I had a very nice stereo for a high school kid and if I had played that same music on it, it often would come off as a very good reproduction of an example of rock music. Almost like you were in a museum. But, put on a little floyd, and you were transported. These days I find I like to listen to more subtle pieces such as airy female vocals when I listen to high-end systems because they are able to bring out the piece in a way that you don't often get to experience. It could simply be that this is the most transporting thing for me in these systems so I gravitate there. I've always found that good systems help me appreciate music I wouldn't otherwise consider, but don't necessarily make all of my music more interesting to listen to. Specifically, I've found it challenging to find the system that ranges from driving me to don the virtual axe to hypnotizing me with sugar plum fairies dancing in my head. In terms of the original question, for me, I think of listening to music as entertainment that ranges from raw emotion to total fantasy. In my case, the combination of the music source and the system played on contribute to that significantly. It's fairly rare when a song has the same effect regardless of the system. -- thomsens ------------------------------------------------------------------------ thomsens's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1352 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32378 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
