[Scott[_6_]]

On Monday, August 5, 2013 1:32:20 PM UTC-7, Andrew Haley wrote:
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On Monday, August 5, 2013 11:47:17 AM UTC-7, Andrew Haley wrote:
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We're listening to people, not fiddles, and emotional communication
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is the point.
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And emotional communication suffers serious loss through bad sound
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or with a bad view. Our emotional connection comes via what we hear
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and what we see.
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Isn't that why we are all audiophiles?
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To obsess about the sound quality at the expense of everything else.

That is a false premise. Improving sound quality at the expense of what? Ot=
her than money. Same music collection right? No one has to give up anything=
to get better sound.

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To miss out on great performances because we don't like the PA System

Wasn't it you who said this just a couple posts ago?=20
"Sure, I agree with that. There is something very alienating about
arena concerts. I went to one or two and swore that I never would
again."

is that not missing out on great performances because you don't like the PA=
system? But, ironically yes, because if the PA system is bad enough and th=
e view is bad enough the great performance is missed, whether you go to the=
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/ hall / whatever. To value recalibrating our hearing of "real music"
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over communicating with musicians. Hell, no!
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To better connect with the recordings of the music we love through
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better sound. That certainly is why I'm in it. Music is an aesthetic
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experience so better aesthetics makes for a better experience.
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And who'd deny that? It's a question of which is to be the master,
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that's all.

How does one become the master? I would love to pick the artists, the progr=
ams, the venues and my seats for all concerts. Reality gets in the way. The=
most we can do to be the master is pick the concerts we want to go to and =
get the best seats we can get. That is what I do. It works really well. But=
it does preclude paying 150 bucks for seats that are still over 100 feet f=
rom the stage at the Hollywood Bowl. Saying no to that is as much me being =
the master as is anything anyone can do.


And I'm still appalled that Mr. Empire would miss out on
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a great musical experience because he doesn't like PA systems.
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Clearly he didn't think the experience was all that great.=20