tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post6382498366442172994..comments2024-03-26T15:57:13.443+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: Hi-fi good enough for Herbert von KarajanUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-71998136341987112652011-10-22T21:08:14.709+01:002011-10-22T21:08:14.709+01:00As a student (born in the 70s) one of my prized po...As a student (born in the 70s) one of my prized possessions was (and still is) my AR-9 towers. Listening parties often ended up at my place (understandably). I still run into younger musicians who are fussy about how and what they listen to, but it feels a bit niche. I'm old enough that I still buy the vast majority of my music in physical formats, but young enough that I do digitize it all (albeit in lossless or uncompressed formats).Scott Unreinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04052931745100343238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-2428316171487285392011-10-20T15:33:00.344+01:002011-10-20T15:33:00.344+01:00A comment added by David Derrick to the linked pos...<i>A comment added by David Derrick to the linked post is worth repeating here:</i><br /><br />When I was a student, our prize possessions were hi fi. Not a car. Not a computer. It really was hi fi in some cases. What is often sold as hi fi now would have made us laugh.<br /><br /><i>to which my response was:</i><br /><br />Absolutely David, you are in danger of sending me down a path about my Pioneer PL-12D turntable, Cambridge Audio P50 amplifier and KEF104AB speakers.<br /><br />http://davidderrick.wordpress.com/<br /><br />Those certainly were the days.Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-30480879497959482902011-10-20T14:39:12.230+01:002011-10-20T14:39:12.230+01:00You are starting to hit home runs again and again!...You are starting to hit home runs again and again!<br /><br />You have picked the perfect way to trigger a discussion of why musicians say that mediocre equipment sounds great to them. <br /><br />Make sure the audiophiles see this!Laurence Vitteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04334341984270684281noreply@blogger.com