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Jenn wrote:
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dizzy wrote:
Eeyore wrote:
Jenn wrote:
http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Musi....ap/index.html
High fidelity takes backseat to portability
I have no interest in portable music (other than in-car). I must be an old
fuddy-duddly.
Me too, I guess.
I do really like it for the car. AM/FM radio has generally become so
bad IMO and so much the same all over the country, having so much music
to choose from is really nice. Other than driving and for the
classroom, I don't use mine much other than once in awhile walking on
the beach or long airport layovers.
I've never been able to handle recorded music at the beach
or in the mountains.
I do enjoy my son's violin playing outdoors at
the park.
A friend visited Mahler at his mountain retreat one
summer. Upon looking out at the view, the friend was
ecstatic. Mahler supposedly responded something like,
"Oh that, I've already composed it!"
Somehow, I seem to have enough sound stimulus from the
birds and the wind, in order to keep me busy.
I like music well-enough to have a FAR above-average
home sound-system, but having ear-buds going all the time during
normal life? I just don't get it.
It seems to be another way of isolating oneself and having to
communicate with people, and from really encountering and dealing with
one's thoughts and environment with real concentration. Too bad, IMO.
Good point.
I have retreated into activity and seldom am drawn
to my audio system these days.
I enjoy creating much more now than ever and
passive enjoyment is waning.
Joe