Fond memories of past times

[PMARTEL]

I work in cable tv tech support & deal with hundreds of customers over the week. To-day was a wonderfully refreshing day.

I got a call from someone who was having a potential problem. As we were talking, one thing led to another & it turns out he had some vintage Krell gear & we started talking about vintage gear.

What I find in this generation is there are few people who really like to sit down & really listen to music and bask in the glory of the recording & the sound system.

3 years ago I bought a batchelor condo & had to scale down, including the way I listen to music. Sadly I can't wind out my Marantz 2230 & Energy 22 speakers

The conversation made me realize how much I miss alot of the old days of audio. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I srongly suspect that we audiophiles area a dying breed.

It was nice remimicsing about the old days & think I need to reasses how I'm enjoying my music these days

[HomerJ]

Most people would have thought you were planning to do a little B&E (and I don't mean bacon and eggs..)

[Kyle85318531]

Don't worry, i'm 15, I will do my best to keep the audiophile breed survived!
POWER TO THE SOUND-FREAKS! (That was in a complimentary way - no offence intended.) :D

[DougMac]

What I find in this generation is there are few people who really like to sit down & really listen to music and bask in the glory of the recording & the sound system.

I also remember in the 50's and the 60's folks would visit friends and family a couple of times a week. You'd have a little snack and just visit. No TV. If they were interested in HiFi, you might listen to the newest album they bought.

I also remember just sitting and listening to the stereo. I don't have much time to do that anymore. I guess I need to carve out more time. I did buy some new speakers recently, with plans to buy some higher end offerings from the same maker. That sat me down for some critical listening. Way past the time needed to evaluate the speakers playing a specific type of music, I found myself sitting there, just enjoying the experience.

Since I've been working on a home theater, I've been haunting some HT forums. I think I'm running into a lot of people who are putting in good quality audio for the movies who wouldn't begin to think about spending that amount of money for pure audio listening. Now that they have that nice gear, maybe they will spin some music too.

Lastly, I recently picked up another turntable and I finished my DIY record cleaning machine. I've been listening to a lot more vinyl recently. That's good, because I have a dedicated record closet with 2500+ albums which were languishing on the shelf.

Doug

[x_25]

I'm 18 and love turning the lights out and basking in the glow of my Realistic STA-85 receiver and being enveloped by the sound my my JBL CF150's. :thmbsp:

[DaWoofer]

All for the love of music. It is nice reminiscing about the old days. One of the reasons I'm into this love of mine is to stay in touch with the old days gone by.

[zenith2134]

At 14 years of age, I was the only one of my friends who even knew what a standalone amplifier really was....
Fast forward almost 6 years and I have turned them all on to high-end & vintage stereo gear.

My system has grew a tremendous amount, but more importantly I prefer listening in my listening chair to some vinyl on a 2channel rig than on my ipod or in the car.

And don't get me started on headphone listening when its done right.... :thmbsp:

[BrassTeacher]

Over the last few years quite a few former students have come by to visit, and every one of them has been blown away by the system in my living room, to the point that they start asking a LOT of questions about how to get started setting something up that sounds like what I have, since most of them had NO idea that CDs sounded that good, and that Mp3 was really that bad, or what a "record player" really sounded like, etc.

In some cases, I've actually sold cheaply/given some of them some pieces of gear that were lying around either no longer being used, or that sounded just fine but weren't in the cosmetic condition to really sell, or something I cobbled together for fun out of spare parts to get them started on being able to listen to quality sound, rather than the "home theater in a box" stuff they're used to hearing.

It's fun, plus music is a very important thing to them, even the ones that stopped playing after graduation. I get a kick out of showing them that they can still have a great musical experience just by listening, especially that they can listen to music on something that is totally capable of involving them in the sound, rather than relying solely on memory to fill in the gaps in the sound.

[levensnevel]

Purely ?coincidence?
Bought a wireless headphone last weekend. And the day before yesterday I suddnely realised that I was sitting in on my couch listening to an old Genesis record through my new headphone with the volume at allmost max while reading the lyrics.
Just like I did some 35 odd years ago.