What do you do with your evenings? A challenge!

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A friend of ours who is rather well connected in the audio field was talking to us about our adventures in selecting some new cables, and made a surprising comment in passing, a tangental comment to explaining to us why people made so much argument on the yes/no canard about cables making a difference:

 "Well, you guys actually listen to your music a lot ... that's not as common as you'd think"

Really?

Wow ... I mean we spent an embarrassing amount of money on a stereo that gives us great joy and enjoyment of our music every single night - or at least most nights.  We actually rarely watch TV anymore since we can listen to our favorite bands with the illusion of a live performance!

What's mind boggling is that in the audiophile spectrum, we are dead average for spending.  It is truly mind boggling for us to contemplate that there are lots of people with gear we could never possibly hope to afford, with sound reproduction even better in a larger, better room than ours ... and it isn't used but once a fortnight. There is a gap between us and them I never understood really could exist.

A stereo is meant to be used, and the music it plays is meant to be listened to.  So we're putting this challenge out to our readers:  No matter what kind of stereo you have, even if it is just headphones attached to a smartphone or a Sonos system, take 1 hour out this week and listen to a entire album of music you already like and think you know pretty well.  Enjoy it as the music plays for you, and do this instead of watching TV, watching YouTube or other media.  If you like have a glass of your favorite beverage.  We figure you will be surprised how enjoyable it is.




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  1. WardMarch 12, 2014 at 3:43 PM

    I did engage the dragonfly D/A yesterday with Sennheiser 650 headphones to listen to a gorgeous rendition of Brahms Requiem by the Berlin Phil and Choir. Bliss.

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