Article: Calibrating My Ears at the San Francisco Symphony

[rodrigaj]

@bbosler

One of the reasons why audiophiles are audiophiles is because their "listening" involves sound appreciation and music appreciation. For some the emphasis is on "sound" while others place it on the "music". Some on CA place all of the emphasis on the "sound", although none of them would ever admit to it. After a while you get to know who these contributors are.  

 

@austinpop is definitely a contributor whose emphasis is always on the music.

 

FWIW, I agree with everything you have written. For me, sound and music appreciation are mutually exclusive, which is why my signature references the "tyranny of conscious thought".

 

BTW, I gave up my subscription of Digital Concert Hall for exactly the reasons you highlighted.