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I wonder how good hifi gear was in 1981. I have no idea. Because I would claim that one "magical" listening experience I had this year was definitely only possible because of the very expensive high end gear that was carefully assembled and tweaked by the owner. I knew the song we were listening to and I already liked it before, but it sounded so otherwordly on his rig that it was indeed "magical" in a sense.

Concerning music in general I'd also claim that one needs at least a decent system in order to appreciate much music. At the same time there's also music that doesn't need a decent system but I think he's too generalizing there or has never heard a truly great two channel setup (again, I don't know what was possible in 1981).

Freudian weirdness aside, most of what's in there is pretty familiar stuff. Especially the final target really being manufacturers ginning up nonsense reasons to sell stuff for inflated prices.

Had no idea about the Qobuz music request thing, thanks for the tip! It's a great concept, but like you say how/if it works in practice is another question

I also got the hint in a forum, probably the Roon forum. If I remember correctly, the person stated he uses it regularly and it works.

After the cancellation of the subscription Tidal offers me 14,99 € for 12 months instead of 19,99 €. So if anyone wants to save some money, might be worth the try ;)

Well, I visited someone with a crazy system who not only invested lots of money, but also modded most of his equipment. He modded his B&W 800 D3, the Ayre monoblocks etc. and built himself a PSU with megaspecial components etc. I did not understand everything, because I am not an engineer. The first song was "Agnes Obel - Familiar" and it sounded SO different and fascinating that it made me cry instantly.

While I have never heard such an amount of detail and such a huge stage in every direction (sounds even from behind, although two channel), it's not tuned the way I would do it. It sounded too "hart" (German word) to me. Dunno what the right word is in English. Maybe glarey, because it was not too bright, but caused fatique and lacked warmth.

He tuned it for perfect resolution, silver cables everywhere. There were songs that just didn't catch me on that system and one of my favorite songs I definitely prefer on my own system (tubes and horns FTW!).

What? Where? Huh?

@Elnrik Check the releases from 2020 here: https://www.discogs.com/de/Porcupine-Tree-In-Absentia/master/63498

There are some tricks in order to make folding much more efficient. I'll be glad to answer any questions :)

Mick Yggdrasil A2, from the Rolling Stones? Great musician! lol

Who complains about taking a vacation?

Yeah, sounds horrible.

Oops, I omitted a winking smiley because I thought the irony was obvious.